Moby Dick
In many natural objects, whiteness refines and enhances beauty, as in pearls, or confers special qualities such as innocence or purity. There is an elusive quality that causes the thought of whiteness to heighten terror, such as the white bear of the poles or the white shark of the tropics. Among humans, the Albino is considered shocking and loathed, while the whiteness of a corpse is a distinguishing and disturbing feature. In its most profound, idealized significance it calls up a peculiar apparition to the soul. White is portentous because it is indefinite, not so much a color as the visible absence of color. Moby Dick possesses various symbolic meanings for various individuals. I will show how Ahab and Ishmael view the whiteness of the whale as a symbolic evil and force of life, one that has to be era
Also, he should have listened to the handwriting on the wall. There was a prophecy that told Ahab that everyone except one of his crew would die. That would have been enough to make me stay home. He should have realized then that there was more evil in the world than a whale. Ishmael shows signs that his view of Moby Dick changes with time. At some points, he sees the whale as all of nature and its power. At other times, it is the ungraspable phantom of life, the meaning of life, and knowledge. At various times, Ishmael shows indications that the whale represents every unanswered question that man has had in history. Any way his views are analyzed, Ishmael sees the whale as something that has much more power than he can comprehend, and is altogether the force behind all of life. This being said, I
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Approximate Word count = 548
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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