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Moby-Dick : Reading #10

The Coffin Some Awesome Passages Perth and The Harpoon Ritual The Bachelor The Quadrant St. Elmo’s Fire. Moby-Dick : Reading #10. The Coffin and Queequeg’s Rally CHAPTER 110. Pg. 460 – Elevated Composition describing Queequeg’s plight

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Moby-Dick : Reading #10

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  1. The Coffin • Some Awesome Passages • Perth and The Harpoon Ritual • The Bachelor • The Quadrant • St. Elmo’s Fire Moby-Dick: Reading #10

  2. The Coffin and Queequeg’s RallyCHAPTER 110 • Pg. 460 – Elevated Composition describing Queequeg’s plight • Pg. 462 – Inclusion of Pip and the search for the “other Pip” • Pg. 463- Fate vs. Free Will; Mind vs. Body

  3. The Pacific • Pg. 465 – “Those fabled undulations of the Ephesiansod”: Legend had it that St. John the Evangelist was buried in Ephesus in modern-day Turkey, but that he was not dead, just sleeping in anticipation of being raised again. It was said that the ground over his grave moved up and down with his breaths, the way a sleeper's blankets do. (www.powermobydick.com) • Pg. 465 – Final Paragraph: Ahab’s Characterization, Inner Conflict, Tension mounting,

  4. Perth: Ch. 112 • Pg. 466-468: Elevated composition describing the plight of Perth. * Why so much attention to Perth? * Perth and the ocean vs. Ahab and the ocean

  5. The Forging of the Harpoon – Ch. 113 • Pg. 468-469: Ahab and Perth (How are they different? Same?) • Pg. 470 – Fedallah passes by (Evil?) • Pg, 471- Harpoon baptismal ritual • Note: Ahab’s defiance of Man, God, and Nature • Ahab’s inability to accept his place in the universe

  6. The Gilder – Ch. 114 • 1st two paragraphs – Outstanding Writing … just absolutely outstanding! • Could there be some connections Melville is making here?

  7. The Pequod and The Bachelor • Pg. 475- Contrast in Mood Fedallah’s Prophecy • Pg. 478-479 • 1. Two hearses will be seen – one not man made, the other made of American wood • 2. Fedallah shall die before Ahab • 3. “Hemp only can kill thee”

  8. The Quadrant- Ch. 118 • Pg. 480-481 • Again, remember: Ahab’s defiance of Man, God, and Nature  Unable to accept his place in the universe  Can one survive who cannot accept this???

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