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Moby-Dick Reading #5

Moby-Dick Reading #5 . Discussion Points. Ishmael’s Transcendental Side Ch. 26 (Pg. 110).

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Moby-Dick Reading #5

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  1. Moby-Dick Reading #5 Discussion Points

  2. Ishmael’s Transcendental SideCh. 26 (Pg. 110) “But were the coming narrative to reveal, in any instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I have the heart to write it; for it is a thing most sorrowful, nay shocking, to expose the fall of valor in the soul. Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there may be; men may have mean and meagre faces; but man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his fellows should run to throw their costliest robes.” What does the above passage reveal about Ishmael’s view of mankind?

  3. Welcome, Ahab… Pg. 117 • Keep in mind these central insights into Ahab: • 1. Monomania • 2. Hubris • 3. Tragic Hero Grand figure, Central flaw, Sympathy • 4. Defiance of Man, God, and Nature

  4. Pg. 119 – Final line of Ch. 28 “Nevertheless, ere long, the warm, warbling persuasiveness of the pleasant, holiday weather we came to, seemed gradually to charm him from his mood. For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a little respond to the playful allurings of that girlish air. More than once did he put forth the faint blossom of a look, which, in any other man, would have soon flowered out in a smile.”

  5. Pg. 123 – Final Line of Ch. 31 • “He tossed the still lighted pipe into the sea. The fire hissed in the waves; the same instant the ship shot by the bubble the sinking pipe made. With slouched hat, Ahab lurchingly pacedthe planks.” Note the highlighted words in the above passage. What rhetorical effect is Melville going for here?

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