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Analysis: The entire argument starts when Starbuck believes the whale Ahab is after is not the suggested "Moby Dick. ... Whaling should not be a mission of vengeance but more a job, and hunting Moby Dick will result in little money. Starbuck knows that he should know say such things, as he knows what sort of vengeance Ahab reaps upon Moby Dick. ...
Chapter 41
Quote: "No wonder, then, that ever gathering volume from the mere transit over the widest watery spaces, the outblown rumors of the White Whale did in the end incorporate with themselves all manner of morbid hints, and half-formed fetal suggestions of supernatural agencies, with eventually invested Moby Dick with new terrors unborrowed from anything that visibly appears."
Analysis: A combination of monstrosity and rumors has given Moby Dick a supernatural quality causing fear and admiration. The terror attributed to the words used to describe Moby Dick only continue to intensify the reader’s desire to encounter the White Whale. ... He doesnt care what it costs, or the obstacles that stand in his way, he will get Moby Dick. ... Ahab, on the other hand, has centered his life around revenge on Moby Dick. ... It embodied all that he had suffered because of Moby Dick. It was somewhat of a oxymoron, as it was prized in Ahab’s eyes, yet ironically the same reason that he wished to reap revenge upon Moby Dick for. ... "
Analysis Fedallah had previously discussed Ahabs death, the idea that he wont day until Moby dies and coffins are seen. ... Ahab wants so desperately to know the location of Moby Dick. ... Ahab, however, does not want to risk his time in pursuing Moby Dick.
Approximate Word count = 5598
Approximate Pages = 22.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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