Moby-Dick as An Allegory of the Quest on An Individual Soul

Moby-Dick is an engaging story of a man’s heroic pursuit and fights with a white whale. Nevertheless, the novel has a deeper meaning. One can interpret an allegorical purpose by delving into Captain Ahab’s epic journey of hunting Moby Dick. Ahab’s unstoppable quest for the white whale depicts a forceful human nature to conquer the evil of the … Read more

Character Analysis of Captain Ahab in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick

Ahab is the central character in Melville’s Moby-Dick. He is an anti-hero whose actions are surrounded by symbolic magnificence and whose fight with the white whale becomes a fight against the dark and terrible forces of nature. Author Herman Melville has orchestrated the character of Captain Ahab by the means of a wild adventure in the open … Read more