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vengeance". This passage highlights an extreme sense of violence, and reveals the chaos and out-of-control nature of the...
moment of hurting Ahab that any vendetta or revenge was directed at him. So clearly, we can conclude the Ahabs vigilant hatred is...
Claggarts psychological make-up, because he himself has never had to struggle between good and evil as personal motivators. Billy ...
whale (55). Naturally, this represents the books climax, but how would Melville fill the huge writing gap between the introductio...
wonder of nature, or the natural balance of things as he is determined to kill the whale. As one author notes, "Ahab destroys hims...
of men. Men, primarily those men on the ship, are men who are likely "dangerous to encounter" on an ordinary day. They are perhaps...
In six pages this paper examines this novel by Herman Melville from a perspective of legal theory. Four sources are cited in the ...
little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...
kind of man would have dismissed Bartleby at once. Melville allows the narrator to be aware of this fact, which raises him in the...
presumably just universe. An arrow going from the first circle to the second indicates the cause-and-effect direction. Multiple ...
This essay presents four quotes taken from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. The writer discusses the meaning of each quote in relatio...
metaphorically complex narrative that has been interpreted in a variety of ways. The story itself is deceptively simple. The narra...
offers a very powerful image of the lives these people live trapped in a tiny apartment and in their individual lives. Melville...
In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...
In five pages this paper examines the mental stability of the narrator in this famous story by Herman Melville. There are no othe...
In five pages a thematic and symbolic analysis of this novel by Herman Melville are presented. Four sources are cited in the bibl...
In nine pages Melville's message in Billy Budd is analyzed and then the novel is compared to the works by Arthur Miller and Toni M...
In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Herman Melville uses the novel to discuss how nature's laws do not always pr...
In five pages this paper examines various themes including racism as they relate to Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Five sources ar...
in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...
In five pages discord between citizens of the American north and south are considered and Benito Cereno by Herman Melville is used...
the whales as evil, or the one particular whale as evil, has infiltrated the beliefs of the men on board as well: "The whalemen be...
ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...
trouble from the start. Upon seeing another ship which he believes is in trouble, he decides he must go and offer his help. Inst...
one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...
Chapter 87 One of the most powerful things we note in this particular chapter is the focus on issues of warfare and battle, issu...
truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...
origin of the mysterious voices turned out to have a quite natural explanation, but there is nothing particularly comforting in th...
This paper consists of seven pages and presents a literary analysis of the white symbolism that appears throughout Moby Dick by He...
Romantic tradition, of which Melville was a nominal or part-time member, of the innocence and moral superiority of a pastoral moti...