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Moby Dick By Herman Melville Written in 1851

Moby Dick By Herman Melville Written in 1851. Characters. Captain Ahab First Mate Starbuck (Christian) Second Mate Stubb (Fatalist) Third Mate Flask (Thrill-seeker) Harpooner Queequeg (South Pacific Islander) Harpooner Daggoo (African) Harpooner Tashtego (Native American)

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Moby Dick By Herman Melville Written in 1851

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  1. Moby Dick • By Herman Melville • Written in 1851

  2. Characters • Captain Ahab • First Mate Starbuck (Christian) • Second Mate Stubb (Fatalist) • Third Mate Flask (Thrill-seeker) • Harpooner Queequeg (South Pacific Islander) • Harpooner Daggoo (African) • Harpooner Tashtego (Native American) • Narrator Ishmael

  3. The Pequod • Microcosm • Small (micro) • World (cosm)

  4. THE QUARTER DECK • Ahab announces his intentions • Pep Rally • Communion

  5. Assignment for next class • Read pp. 361-370 • Quiz (You can use notes) • How is prophesy fulfilled? • The Parsee will die before Ahab • Ahab will see the Parsee (Fedallah) again • Two Hearses (one of American wood) • Ahab will die by hemp (rope)

  6. Moby Dick: The Chase • The Parsee will die before Ahab • Ahab will see the Parsee (Fedallah) again • Two Hearses (one of American wood) • Ahab will die by hemp (rope) The Parsee does die before Ahab Ahab does see the Parsee again (strapped to the whale) The hearses are Moby Dick The Pequod Ahab’s rope gets caught around his neck.

  7. More Moby Stuff… • Fedallah…The Parsee. Ahab has him sneaked aboard the Pequod. • Zoroastrianism…Believed in Good vs. Evil. • Ahab…Evil king of Israel • Ishmael…Son of Abraham and Hagar, a wanderer • Moby Dick…Symbol of nature; a Wall; a pasteboard mask. • Omens: Parsee’s Body Sharks, Hawk,

  8. Herman Melville(1819-1891)

  9. Influences • Born in New York to a prestigious family • Went to sea- South Pacific • Became friends and neighbors with Hawthorne (shared the same philosophy) Herman Melville, as he appears in a much larger mural painting from a Barnes & Noble in Flagstaff, Arizona.

  10. His Work • Wrote popular travel books while at Sea- Typee and Omoo • Wrote Moby Dick in 1851 • Customs inspector for money • Billy Budd

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