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Moby-Dick, Discussion of Quotes from the Novel

This essay presents four quotes taken from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. The writer discusses the meaning of each quote in relatio...

Character of Starbuck in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

wonder of nature, or the natural balance of things as he is determined to kill the whale. As one author notes, "Ahab destroys hims...

Herman Melville's Narrative Voice

critic notes that, "Whether in a brief novella or in an epic tome, one common technique utilized by many writers is a framing of a...

Society, the Individual, and Sociology

themselves. It is in adjusting to change that people lose their ground. Meaning and purpose in life is lost. Thus, clinical depres...

War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk

for. When Pug was about to resume command of the U.S.S. California, he was, in a sense, home: "The iron deck underfoot felt good....

Moby Dick by Herman Melville and Symbolism Associated with the Whale

curiosity. Then the wild and distant seas where he rolled his island bulk; the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale; these...

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville

metaphorically complex narrative that has been interpreted in a variety of ways. The story itself is deceptively simple. The narra...

Performance of Herman Miller

year-on-year basis, this was also important in terms of new orders, which also increased by 14.7%. The overall performance of th...

Point of View from the First Person

through the observations of bystanders, but through his own words that interpret his own feelings and anxiety about the situation....

Learning Lessons in Billy Budd and Antigone

left to be consumed by animals. Creon takes this action because he feels it is imperative to the safety of the state that the peop...

Positions of Billy Budd and Captain Vere in Herman Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor

integrity of the individual that makes man worthy. With the ideals of Enlightenment we are given a much more complex train of thou...

Eighty Eighth Chapter of Moby Dick by Herman Melville

of men. Men, primarily those men on the ship, are men who are likely "dangerous to encounter" on an ordinary day. They are perhaps...

Comparing 'Two Kinds' with 'Bartleby'

ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...

Prejudice and Slavery in Benito Cereno by Herman Melville

trouble from the start. Upon seeing another ship which he believes is in trouble, he decides he must go and offer his help. Inst...

American Literature's Romantic Movement

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

Reflections on Several Famous Literary Works

as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...

Competing American Ideologies in the North and South Before, During, and After the Civil War

In five pages discord between citizens of the American north and south are considered and Benito Cereno by Herman Melville is used...

Moby Dick by Herman Melville and Ahab's Character

the whales as evil, or the one particular whale as evil, has infiltrated the beliefs of the men on board as well: "The whalemen be...

Domesticity in Chapters 87 and 88 of Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Chapter 87 One of the most powerful things we note in this particular chapter is the focus on issues of warfare and battle, issu...

Modern Organizational Leadership and Max DePree

business leaders appear to pattern themselves and their organizations on the military, leading from the top down, within the hiera...

Fiction Writing and Philosophy of the Romantic Era

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

Transcendentalists and Nathaniel Hawthorne

even on good speaking terms with him. This leads the rest of the townsfolk to determine that Brown is crazy making Hawthornes poin...

Sacrifice According to Herman Melville, Henrik Ibsen, and Shirley Jackson

one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...

Literature and Philosophical Themes

education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...

Moby Dick by Herman Melville and Post Reading Exercises

presumably just universe. An arrow going from the first circle to the second indicates the cause-and-effect direction. Multiple ...

Reading Activities Associated with Teaching Herman Melville's Moby Dick

something like "I found one of the most impressive images that Melville used was to say that Ahab looked like he had been cast in ...

A Language Arts Lesson Plan

be read aloud in parts. The students will also be required to advance their daily reading with 20 minutes of outside reading per ...

Leadership Model Exemplified by Max DePree

DePree adopted a model of leadership that pictures the leader as both inspiring and serving (Budman, 2002). Such a framework for l...

Oppression as Seen in Various Works

2002; 131). In this she is clearly summing up some of her particular condition, in relationship to her race and oppression in soci...

Public Administration: Discretionist vs Instrumentalist

fact, contended that: "even under the best arrangements a considerable margin of irresponsible conduct of...