YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Captain Vere in Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Essays 61 - 90
one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...
presumably just universe. An arrow going from the first circle to the second indicates the cause-and-effect direction. Multiple ...
wonder of nature, or the natural balance of things as he is determined to kill the whale. As one author notes, "Ahab destroys hims...
When he recover his senses, yet it still marked by his Uncle Ernie as a phenomena, the public revolts, but it is nevertheless true...
offers a very powerful image of the lives these people live trapped in a tiny apartment and in their individual lives. Melville...
metaphorically complex narrative that has been interpreted in a variety of ways. The story itself is deceptively simple. The narra...
little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...
This essay presents four quotes taken from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. The writer discusses the meaning of each quote in relatio...
of men. Men, primarily those men on the ship, are men who are likely "dangerous to encounter" on an ordinary day. They are perhaps...
origin of the mysterious voices turned out to have a quite natural explanation, but there is nothing particularly comforting in th...
This paper consists of seven pages and presents a literary analysis of the white symbolism that appears throughout Moby Dick by He...
Romantic tradition, of which Melville was a nominal or part-time member, of the innocence and moral superiority of a pastoral moti...
who flatly refused to accept the mundane. These two characters, both centers of nineteenth century American literature, each made...
In three pages Bartleby and the narrator's relationship are examined within the context of this Herman Melville short story. Ther...
In five pages this paper examines the mental stability of the narrator in this famous story by Herman Melville. There are no othe...
In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Herman Melville uses the novel to discuss how nature's laws do not always pr...
In five pages this paper examines various themes including racism as they relate to Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Five sources ar...
In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...
trouble from the start. Upon seeing another ship which he believes is in trouble, he decides he must go and offer his help. Inst...
ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...
continues to build. The task of finding the real answer falls to the captain of the fist ship. What emerges then is a great myst...
the far corners of the globe, and also describes the whaling operations. Queequeg becomes ill and is so convinced he is dying tha...
Melville sees civilisation as exemplified by whites, but this is a civilisation which, right at the start of the novel, he rejects...
conflict of his characters. It is recommended that the person who is writing about this topic consider that much of Nathaniel Haw...
In five pages this paper examines the strange behavior exhibited by Bartleby throughout the course of Melville's story. There are...
In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of contrasting points of view between the salesman of lightning rods and a pro...
In five pages this paper examines the social and economic implications of this short story in a character analysis of Bartleby. T...
In one page this essay discusses how this novel could be interpretated as a story involving moral liability that results from raci...
Years of Exile is one such piece of literary work that is a reflection of Melvilles typical nature in that it befits the very esse...
In seven pages phallic symbolism is considered in a comparative analysis of Melville's 'Bartleby the Scrivener' and Hemingway's 'H...