Moby Dick
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Essay title: Moby Dick
The classical selection by Herman Melville, Moby Dick focused on the
significance of one man's obsession over a murderous white whale. As if the central
plight of Captain Ahab was not enough of an obstacle to overcome, the piece is thus
complicated by the Captain's mystique. The already complex situation was made more
dramatic with the inclusion of Ishmael's interpretation of Ahab's character , Moby
Dick's predominant influence and the mellow white birds that seemed to shadow
Moby Dick at every step along the way as a moth to fire.
The somewhat fearful Ahab played the greatest role on the ship. Whether
dealing with the tedious chores of maintaining the ship or the neverending search for
truth and redemption through the death of Moby Dick. Ahab somewhat possessing
demonic qualities, struggled to contain the evil within his inner self thus controlling
the
earth's stairway to heaven. The captain's great obsession ,Moby Dick led to the loss of
his leg's as well as his wings.
The great whale, Moby Dick was the sea's most feared and hunted creature.
Moby has come across to Ishmael and the rest of the crew of the Peqoud, as a white god.
Able to crush ships when provoked, how many times the inhabitants of the world
disrupt nature