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    their life. Billy BuddSailor‚ by Herman Melville‚ contains one hero named Billy Budd‚ the "angel of God" (1906). Claggart and Captain Vere contain some of the heroic characteristics‚ still Billy is the singe character that obtains all of the traits of a hero‚ and therefore is the most qualified to fill that position. While Melville strains to put some heroic attributions within each character of the story‚ Billy is the most prominent of all who are mentioned. Thus‚ Billy Budd is the one true hero

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    Duty Versus Choice in Billy BuddSailor The novel Billy BuddSailor is the story about the encounter of Billy Budd‚ a beautiful sailor who is popular on the warship Bellipotent‚ and finally died‚ because he killed the master-at-arms‚ Claggart‚ inadvertently. Actually Captain Vere‚ the captain of Bellipotent‚ likes Billy Budd‚ also‚ he knows that Billy is innocent. But according to his duty on the ship as a captain‚ he decides to push Billy to death. In the late 1700s‚ in Great Britain‚

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    Billy BuddSailor Rhiann Holman In the book Billy BuddSailor‚ Herman Melville suggests that justice is the best outcome for society rather than individual people. This is seen through the two characters‚ Captain Vere and Billy Budd. Melville represents the judicial side of a court case through Captain Vere. Captain Vere asks the three men‚ “but tell me whether or not‚ occupying the position we do‚ private conscience should not yield to the imperial one formulated in the code under which alone

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    Billy Budd

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    Alexandria Cooker English 102 M “Billy Budd” Annotated Bibliography 4 March 2013 AMERICAN LITERATURE‚ June 1997;  Copyright 1997 by H. Bruce Franklin In this article posted on a Rutgers University page‚ it is discussed that the story of “Billy Budd” written by Herman Melville‚ subject is “capitol punishment and its history.” Throughout the nineteenth century capitol punishment was even an even more cruel and unusual punishment. Many argue that the capitol punishment was for people in power

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    Billy Budd by Herman Melville fits into both categories of tragedy‚ classic and modern. This story fits into both Aristotle’s and Arthur Miller’s concepts of tragedy. Billy Budd is this story’s tragic hero and its his actions that determine how this story fits into both categories.The classic definition of tragedy is Aristotle’s‚ that the tragic hero must be noble and have a tragic flaw. He must also experience a reversal of fortune and recognize the reason for his downfall

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    Billy Budd

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    Billy Budd is a 21 year old foretopman. I don’t know who my parents are‚ I was an abandoned child. I am big‚ strong and physically beautiful‚ my nickname is “Handsome Sailor.” I am also called “Baby Budd‚” because it represents my childlike youthfulness and innoncence. I am well liked by others and I am also very innocent. I am naive and I don’t think anyone would ever be out to get me because I have never directly confronted evil. I am good natured and I have no malice for anyone. I have always

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    Evil in “Billy Budd” There has always been an unrelenting struggle between good and evil. Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd” delves into the conflict that exists between natural innocence and goodness‚ evident through the characterization of Billy Budd‚ and the deceptiveness of evil‚ represented by the character John Claggart. Characterization is used to differentiate between good and evil. Billy Budd is portrayed as a very pure Christ-like character before his demise. Billy Budd is "like a young

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    existing throughout Herman Melville’s novella‚ "Billy Budd." Although the major conflict exists between Billy Budd and John Claggart‚ there are several internal conflicts found within certain characters. One of the most prominent internal conflicts is John Claggart’s. One of Claggart’s main internal conflicts is his jealous envy of Billy Budd. Billy’s overall makeup as a character is everything that Claggart wants to be. Billy is a healthy sailor‚ large in size‚ and not afraid of hard work. On the

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    Melville uses many biblical allusions throughout the novella to relate Billy Budd to Jesus. Billy is symbolic of a Christ-like figure because of his destruction by evil and betrayal‚ fate and. Similar to Jesus‚ Billy was a fatalist who believed that life was planned out and all events were destined to occur. Lieutenant Ratcliffe was able to impress Billy without any struggle because Billy felt that his fate was to be in the Navy. After his execution‚ the Purser calls Billy’s death as “a species

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    Captain Vere nor the Chaplain can step outside the bounds of their position to help Billy just because Billy is a likeable guy. They have to do the duty of his position and anything else would be an "audacious transgression". Basically‚ despite Billy Budd being a likeable guy‚ much more so than Claggart‚ the naval officers on the ship must still persecute him according to military law. This next part of the excerpt goes more into depth on how the Chaplain  is restrained by his position. “Bluntly

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