Billy Budd 3
Herman Melville describes the three main characters whose names are Claggert, Captain Vere, and Billy Budd. Movies give the audience a “summary” of the character’s personalities while books tend to elaborate the details of the characters. Even though Claggert, Vere and Budd’s personalities are presented differently in the book than they are in the movie, they do have some similarity.In the movie Captain Vere is presented completely different than he is in the book. In the movie he is shown as a man who follows the law of the King's navy. He is able to ignore his feelings and follow the law set by people who have more power than he does. In the book, Vere has all of those qualities previously stated but what the movie does not mention is what his life was like and what the other officers thought of him. The novella states that Captain Vere loves books. He especially loves those that have stories and details about the treatment of man. His own officers say that he acts "like the King's yarn in a coil of Navy rope." I believe that quote says that he is a puppet of the King. All of these aspects of Captain Vere seem to make him a "robot" of the King. The King says and the robot obeys. When Billy kills Claggert, Captain Vere has to d
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Approximate Word count = 1006
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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