Moby-Dick, a great masterpiece by Herman Melville, is acclaimed as an epic of the sea such as no man has equaled. This thesis focuses on Ahab and the aesthetic sublime in Moby Dick. Ahab proves himself to be a figure ...Moby-Dick, a great masterpiece by Herman Melville, is acclaimed as an epic of the sea such as no man has equaled. This thesis focuses on Ahab and the aesthetic sublime in Moby Dick. Ahab proves himself to be a figure of the aesthetic sublime in his chasing and fighting against the giant whale.展开更多
"Moby Dick"is an in-depth spiritual exploration about beliefs,religion,fate and nature with multi-layered meanings.This novel is based on a whale-hunting adventure,which turns out to be actually a vengeance-..."Moby Dick"is an in-depth spiritual exploration about beliefs,religion,fate and nature with multi-layered meanings.This novel is based on a whale-hunting adventure,which turns out to be actually a vengeance-seeking voyage.The plot is very simple,yet the meaning behind it is far from simple.Applying symbolism,Melville depicts a hostile relationship between men and nature,which is spotlighted by the conflict between Captain Ahab and Moby Dick.This thesis deals with the relationship between men and nature as presented in the novel,the symbolic meaning that Melville intends to convey and his attitude towards the ideal relationship between men and nature.展开更多
Herman Melville(1819-1891) is one of the famous writers in the history of American and world literature. Moby Dick is one of the masterpieces of Melville, and it is also his most famous ocean works in his late life. M...Herman Melville(1819-1891) is one of the famous writers in the history of American and world literature. Moby Dick is one of the masterpieces of Melville, and it is also his most famous ocean works in his late life. Moby Dick describes a story on Captain Ahab took revenge on white whale. This paper will discuss Captain Ahab's paranoid personality, and reveal how Melville reflected in the works: coexistence between human and nature. A brief description will be provided for the writer's life and his works, and then I will discuss Captain Ahab's paranoid personality through his whaling capturing process. Then, I will discuss obtaining principles of Captain Ahab, Mate Starbuck, Crew Ishmael, and reveal the Captain's tragic causes and reflected thinking. Finally, I will make a conclusion only if people adopt right obtaining principles to natural resources, could we live with nature altogether.展开更多
Captain Ahab is a controversy and complicated figure in Moby Dick. The studies of Ahab in the past has become increasingly involved various aspects. Ahab is a figure with many faces, among which the most significant a...Captain Ahab is a controversy and complicated figure in Moby Dick. The studies of Ahab in the past has become increasingly involved various aspects. Ahab is a figure with many faces, among which the most significant and decisive ones are his individualist, arrogance and humanity. He persists in taking revenging on the white whale is quite compatible with such character. Besides, his fate is also leads to his attachment behavior. In this essay,I will mainly analyze the fate and characters of Ahab in order to help readers understand Moby Dick better.展开更多
This paper concentrates on the feminity in Moby-Dick.It takes up the new view as the thesis that Moby-Dick reflect Melville's attempt to represent a profound connotation about feminity in universal human society.
Moby Dick is the representative work of Herman Melville and is considered to be one of the most symbolic novels in world literature.Here I will have a tentative analysis on the symbolism,which is abundant in the novel...Moby Dick is the representative work of Herman Melville and is considered to be one of the most symbolic novels in world literature.Here I will have a tentative analysis on the symbolism,which is abundant in the novel:the white whale symbolizes nature;its whiteness,parity and innocence;Pequod,Microcosm of human society,name itself symbolizes doom;Queequeg′s coffin,life and death.展开更多
In the American and British literature,Moby Dick written by Herman Melville is the magnum opus.The most imortant idea of the thesis is the revenge between Captain Ahab and the White Wheal.The thesis discusses the targ...In the American and British literature,Moby Dick written by Herman Melville is the magnum opus.The most imortant idea of the thesis is the revenge between Captain Ahab and the White Wheal.The thesis discusses the target and significance of the revenge through the character analysis of Ahab.Ahab's revenge shows the readers the determination of human's fighting against the Almighty God and Herman Melville's idea of harmonious co-existence between humans and the nature.展开更多
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville are among the most important American dark romanticists. One of the similarities of their novels The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick is symbolism. Even though the two authors adopt...Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville are among the most important American dark romanticists. One of the similarities of their novels The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick is symbolism. Even though the two authors adopted similar symbols, they endowed them with varied meanings to express their ideas on human nature. This paper focused on some similar symbols in The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick and offered an analysis of the similarities and differences between them. First, it is an introduction on thebackground information of two novels. Then, it comes the contrast and comparison of two pairs of symbols:Chillingworth versusAhab and the scarlet letter A versus Queequeg’s coffin.展开更多
The symbols in Herman Melville′s masterpiec Moby Dick have the characteristics of indefiniteness and multi-sense.Herman Melville used the technique of multiple views to achieve the effect of ambiguity and to express ...The symbols in Herman Melville′s masterpiec Moby Dick have the characteristics of indefiniteness and multi-sense.Herman Melville used the technique of multiple views to achieve the effect of ambiguity and to express the theme of humanistic relationships with nature.展开更多
Moby Dick is a retrospective novel about life at sea as well as a vast philosophical allegory of life in general.The novel begins with a famous statement"Call me Ishmael".The identity of Ishmael is analyzed,...Moby Dick is a retrospective novel about life at sea as well as a vast philosophical allegory of life in general.The novel begins with a famous statement"Call me Ishmael".The identity of Ishmael is analyzed,revealing that he functions not only as an indispensable narrator,but as an actor—a sailor on the Pequod,and psychologically a religious wonderer and a truth seeker.展开更多
In the mid-19th century,"White Whale"was written by the famous American writer Hermann Melville. The creation of this work is a new chapter in the creation of literary history. The text has a unique symbolic...In the mid-19th century,"White Whale"was written by the famous American writer Hermann Melville. The creation of this work is a new chapter in the creation of literary history. The text has a unique symbolic creative approach. This article will analyze the symbolic meaning of"Moby Dick"from different aspects, and has a high literary and artistic creation value.展开更多
In American Romanticism,Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is an encyclopedic classic of the whaling industry.Based on the theory of ecocriticism,this thesis tries to explore Ishmael’s respect and love for nature by ana...In American Romanticism,Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is an encyclopedic classic of the whaling industry.Based on the theory of ecocriticism,this thesis tries to explore Ishmael’s respect and love for nature by analyzing and judging from what he says,in the novel.Ishmael’s beautiful picture of the sea and amazing description of different kinds of whales let the reader easily relate him to a person with enough intelligence to have an ecological awareness.Ishmael’s guilty feeling of their whaling adds to his important role as a nature lover.Then the paper turns to how Ishmaels’attitude to nature affect his life.Finally,the paper draws the conclusion that human beings should love and respect nature and accept the ecological law of nature,however harsh we find it.Only in this way can we coexist with nature.展开更多
文摘Moby-Dick, a great masterpiece by Herman Melville, is acclaimed as an epic of the sea such as no man has equaled. This thesis focuses on Ahab and the aesthetic sublime in Moby Dick. Ahab proves himself to be a figure of the aesthetic sublime in his chasing and fighting against the giant whale.
文摘"Moby Dick"is an in-depth spiritual exploration about beliefs,religion,fate and nature with multi-layered meanings.This novel is based on a whale-hunting adventure,which turns out to be actually a vengeance-seeking voyage.The plot is very simple,yet the meaning behind it is far from simple.Applying symbolism,Melville depicts a hostile relationship between men and nature,which is spotlighted by the conflict between Captain Ahab and Moby Dick.This thesis deals with the relationship between men and nature as presented in the novel,the symbolic meaning that Melville intends to convey and his attitude towards the ideal relationship between men and nature.
文摘Herman Melville(1819-1891) is one of the famous writers in the history of American and world literature. Moby Dick is one of the masterpieces of Melville, and it is also his most famous ocean works in his late life. Moby Dick describes a story on Captain Ahab took revenge on white whale. This paper will discuss Captain Ahab's paranoid personality, and reveal how Melville reflected in the works: coexistence between human and nature. A brief description will be provided for the writer's life and his works, and then I will discuss Captain Ahab's paranoid personality through his whaling capturing process. Then, I will discuss obtaining principles of Captain Ahab, Mate Starbuck, Crew Ishmael, and reveal the Captain's tragic causes and reflected thinking. Finally, I will make a conclusion only if people adopt right obtaining principles to natural resources, could we live with nature altogether.
文摘Captain Ahab is a controversy and complicated figure in Moby Dick. The studies of Ahab in the past has become increasingly involved various aspects. Ahab is a figure with many faces, among which the most significant and decisive ones are his individualist, arrogance and humanity. He persists in taking revenging on the white whale is quite compatible with such character. Besides, his fate is also leads to his attachment behavior. In this essay,I will mainly analyze the fate and characters of Ahab in order to help readers understand Moby Dick better.
文摘This paper concentrates on the feminity in Moby-Dick.It takes up the new view as the thesis that Moby-Dick reflect Melville's attempt to represent a profound connotation about feminity in universal human society.
文摘Moby Dick is the representative work of Herman Melville and is considered to be one of the most symbolic novels in world literature.Here I will have a tentative analysis on the symbolism,which is abundant in the novel:the white whale symbolizes nature;its whiteness,parity and innocence;Pequod,Microcosm of human society,name itself symbolizes doom;Queequeg′s coffin,life and death.
文摘In the American and British literature,Moby Dick written by Herman Melville is the magnum opus.The most imortant idea of the thesis is the revenge between Captain Ahab and the White Wheal.The thesis discusses the target and significance of the revenge through the character analysis of Ahab.Ahab's revenge shows the readers the determination of human's fighting against the Almighty God and Herman Melville's idea of harmonious co-existence between humans and the nature.
文摘Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville are among the most important American dark romanticists. One of the similarities of their novels The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick is symbolism. Even though the two authors adopted similar symbols, they endowed them with varied meanings to express their ideas on human nature. This paper focused on some similar symbols in The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick and offered an analysis of the similarities and differences between them. First, it is an introduction on thebackground information of two novels. Then, it comes the contrast and comparison of two pairs of symbols:Chillingworth versusAhab and the scarlet letter A versus Queequeg’s coffin.
文摘The symbols in Herman Melville′s masterpiec Moby Dick have the characteristics of indefiniteness and multi-sense.Herman Melville used the technique of multiple views to achieve the effect of ambiguity and to express the theme of humanistic relationships with nature.
文摘Moby Dick is a retrospective novel about life at sea as well as a vast philosophical allegory of life in general.The novel begins with a famous statement"Call me Ishmael".The identity of Ishmael is analyzed,revealing that he functions not only as an indispensable narrator,but as an actor—a sailor on the Pequod,and psychologically a religious wonderer and a truth seeker.
文摘In the mid-19th century,"White Whale"was written by the famous American writer Hermann Melville. The creation of this work is a new chapter in the creation of literary history. The text has a unique symbolic creative approach. This article will analyze the symbolic meaning of"Moby Dick"from different aspects, and has a high literary and artistic creation value.
文摘In American Romanticism,Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is an encyclopedic classic of the whaling industry.Based on the theory of ecocriticism,this thesis tries to explore Ishmael’s respect and love for nature by analyzing and judging from what he says,in the novel.Ishmael’s beautiful picture of the sea and amazing description of different kinds of whales let the reader easily relate him to a person with enough intelligence to have an ecological awareness.Ishmael’s guilty feeling of their whaling adds to his important role as a nature lover.Then the paper turns to how Ishmaels’attitude to nature affect his life.Finally,the paper draws the conclusion that human beings should love and respect nature and accept the ecological law of nature,however harsh we find it.Only in this way can we coexist with nature.
