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    a part of the collection of classic American Gothic novels that also include Moby Dick by Herman Melville published in 1851‚ and is a novel about a whaling boat and a captain named Ahab that is obsessed with his revenge against the white whale Moby Dick who had taken his leg on a previous voyage. Roger Chillingworth and Captain Ahab are two men trapped in their obsession of getting their revenge‚ however‚ even though they share similarities they have differences that set them apart from each other

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    306 Moby Dick Questions 1. The captainAhab wants revenge against the great white whale Moby Dick because he lost his leg to the whale. 2. Ishmael is the narrator. The first line is “Call me Ishmael.” 3. The two allusions are the names of Captain ahab and Ishmael. Referring to Captain Ahab: Ahab is a wicked king who goes against goes against God’s will‚ Like how captain Ahab goes against the white whale. Referring to Ishmael: Ishmael means “outcast” or “wanderer” like how he seams to be the only

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    is a former physician‚ is the evil figure throughout the classic novel. In Moby Dick‚ by Herman Melville‚ Captain Ahab‚ who is an experienced captain‚ portrays as the evil character also. Both figures from the novels represent an excellent example of evil-natured men who are out to get vengeance on someone or something for the wrongdoing to them. First‚ Chillingworth and Ahab are both trying to seek revenge on someone or something that had previously wronged them. Chillingworth’s

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne uses love and emotion as Roger Chillingworth tries to get revenge on the man who ruined his life. Also in the closely related book Moby Dick‚ the author uses mixed feelings and anger‚ as Captain Ahab wants revenge on the whale that took his leg. Roger Chillingworth and Captain Ahab are both evil characters with many differences‚ seeking revenge on someone who caused them harm and humility. In most of this story‚ Chillingworth is trying to figure out who committed adultery

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    1. In this video‚ we immediately learn of an obsessed captain who wants revenge. Why does he want revenge and against whom or what? Th2e obsessed captain wants revenge because he lost his leg to the Great Moby Dick‚ 2. Who is the narrator of Moby Dick and what is the first line of the novel? Ishmael is the narrator of the novel and his first line states: “Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely‚ having little or no money in my purse and having nothing particular to interest

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    Comparing Starbuck and Ahab Ahab is the Captain of the Pequod‚ a grave older man reaching his sixties who has spent nearly forty years as a sailor‚ only three of which he has spent on dry land. The novel is essentially the story of Ahab and his quest to defeat the legendary Sperm Whale Moby Dick‚ for this whale took Ahab’s leg‚ causing him to use an ivory leg to walk and stand. Ahab is a dour‚ imposing man who frightens his crew through his firm obsession with defeating Moby Dick and his grand hubris

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    Ishmael‚ Captain Ahab‚ Queequeg‚ Moby Dick Ishmael is an eighteen or nineteen year-old American kid living in the 1860’s. He is coming on the whaling voyage thinking that is going to be the best one yet. He is the one telling the story. He meets a harpooner named Queequeg at the Spouter-Inn. They become the best of friends and embark on the Pequod. When Ishmael decides to take a whaling voyage‚ one of his reasons is that he wants to see the world.  Captain Ahab is the best whaling captain in Nantucket

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    little does he know he will be under the instruction of Captain Ahab‚ a man seeking revenge on the white whale for taking his leg. In the novels The Scarlet Letter and Moby-Dick there are similarities in the way evil manifest in the two characters‚ Roger Chillingsworth and Captain

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    at everything in an interrogative way‚ so he thinks of Moby Dick as a holy mysterious creature while Capt. Ahab thinks Moby Dick is pure evil. Moby Dick is the most complicated‚ undefined character in the book. But to attempt to understand this enigma‚ let’s look at what we know about him. Moby Dick is a white‚ massive sperm whale‚ the largest and most feared by all beings in the sea. To Ahab‚ Moby Dick is the highest of all evil. To Starbuck‚ the

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    protagonist characters‚ Captain Delano‚ Captain Benito Cereno‚ Captain Ahab‚ and Billy Budd‚ appear to have very similar qualities‚ all of which that are entailed in every man which are strengths and weaknesses along with desire and flaws. These subtle qualities shows Melville’s signature for his distinct writing making for all these stories to be considered among the greatest works of literature. In Benito Cyrano There were two protagonists‚ Captain Delano and Captain Benito Cereno. Captain Delano obvious

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