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             because it taught him not to judge on outward appearances.

             E2. Another relationship that was very short was the .

             relationship between Ishmael and Captain Ahab. For the first .

             few days aboard the Pequod Ishmael always saw Ahab in the .

             shadows. When Ishmael finally saw Ahab he had shivers run .

             through his body. Ishmael felt Ahab's attitude of .

             determination, dedication and hatred towards "Moby Dick" in .

             Ahab's appearance. This relationship was a negative .

             relationship because Ishmael now feared Ahab and did not .

             want to become friends with such an evil person.

             F. The conflict that Ishmael experienced was that he saw how .

             Ahab was such an evil man and that .

             Ishmael was a good natured man and did not want to be .

             corrupted by Ahab. To resolve this conflict .

             Ishmael stayed away from Ahab.

             .

             Representative Passage on Imagery and Figurative Language.

             "Yonder, by the ever-brimming goblet's rim, .

             the warm waves blush like wine. The gold brow plumbs the .

             blue. The diver sun-long dived from noon,-goes down; my soul .

             mounts up! she wearies with her endless hill. Is, then, the .

             crown too heavy that I wear? this Iron Crown of Lombardy. .

             Yet is it bright with many a gem; I, the wearer, see not its .

             far flashings; but darkly fell that I wear that, that .

             dazzlingly confounds. 'Tis iron-that I know-not gold. 'Tis .

             split, too-that I feel; the jagged edge galls me so, my .

             brain seems to beat against the solid metal." Chapter LV.

             A. The details being used to make us feel like we are .

             watching a sunset is that it says "the warm waves .

             blush like wine. The gold brow plumbs the blue. The diver .

             sun-long dived from noon,-goes down; my .

             soul mounts up!".

             .

             B. The similes the author uses are the comparison of the .

             colored waves of the sunset to wine. I believe .

             that when the author is talking about the "Iron Crown of .

             Lombardy" he is talking about the sun. When it .

             says "Is, then, the crown too heavy that I wear?" he is .

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