moby dick
Moby-Dick白鲸解析
Appreciation of Moby-Dick⏹American epic: one of the world’s greatest masterpieces: an encyclopedia of everything,history, philosophy and religion etc.⏹Shakespearean tragedy: man fighting against naturePlotCall Me Ishmael Ishmael, A thoughtful but gloomy young man, Ishmael begins his odyssey in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a prosperous whaling town and crossing point to the island of Nantucket(楠塔基特岛). Queequeg, a fierce-looking harpooner（叉鱼者）covered with tattoos（纹身）and carrying a tomahawk(美洲印第安人用的战斧)and a shrunken head. They sign the ship’s papers, but on their way back to the inn to get their belongings, they meet Elijah(以利亚), a shabbily dressed old man who haunts the docks.Elijah hints at the dangers to come and warns the two not to get involved with the vengeful captain. The Quest The Pequod leaves Nantucket on Christmas day headed for the whaling grounds in the Pacific. Captain Ahab remains in his cabin for several days, while the crew accustoms itself to life at sea. When Ahab does emerge, his appearance startles Ishmael.A long, white scar runs down Ahab's face, and he walks on an artificial leg made of whalebone. Soon he calls the entire crew together and informs them that their voyage will be no ordinary whaling cruise. Ahab has returned to sea with the sole purpose of finding and killing the whale that took his leg on the previous voyage. He offers a sixteen-dollar gold piece to the first man who spots the white whale, Moby-Dick, and drink to the death of the whale.The ChaseCaptain Ahab●“a grand, ungodly, godlike man,”●two things about Ahab, captain of the Pequod in Moby-Dick:●Ahab was orphaned when he was twelve months old,●one of his legs was lost as a result of his most recent whaling voyage.●The wound is so fresh that the stump（残肢）is still bleeding. Ahab does not make aproper appearance in the book until Chapter 28. The long delay in Ahab's involvement in the action of the novel helps to build him up as a grand figure, the major tragic character Melville wants his readers to see.Ishmael(以实玛利)⏹narrator. A rootless individual, brought up as a good Christian⏹Wanderer disinherited and dismissed from his home in favor of his half brother Isaac(以撒). outcast, drifter, no family, no last name. ran away from society to nature. His running away symbolizes human being's departure from Eden.⏹Then after the experience on the sea, he wished to return to the land.⏹He believed God not to be conquered, survived⏹Whiteman who considers Indians as equal and should share brotherly love. (Queequeg’scoffin)Queequeg⏹ a highborn native of an uncharted south-seas island. His father was a High Chief, and hisuncle a High Priest. Queequeg is covered in tattoos(文身)and worships pagan gods, including a small black idol, Yojo.⏹But the real point about Queequeg is his friendliness. He and Ishmael strike up an instantcomradeship.Themes1.Individual Vs. Nature2.(Ahab) versus Nature (symbolized by Moby-Dick）3.Tragic hero\noble4.Tragedy of man: revenge on nature5.Anyone who wants to revenge will be defeatedGod and Religion⏹religion and God's role in the natural world. westward.⏹God and man, who is the controller⏹Nature and man (Newton: man can study\examine nature)Symbols⏹Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas orconcepts.voyage- "search and discovery, the search for the ultimate truth of experience."the Pequod -the ship of the American soulMoby Dick---a symbol of good and evilits whiteness--- paradoxical colorThe Pequod⏹Named after a Native American tribe in Massachusetts⏹did not long survive the arrival of white men and thus turned to be an extinction⏹the Pequod is a symbol of doom.⏹It is painted a gloomy black and covered in whale teeth and bones, --violent death. It is,in fact, marked for death. Adorned (decorate) like a primitive coffin, the Pequod becomes one.⏹American dream :Ishmael thought he found dream and freedom in it.⏹Others sacrifices for the whiteMoby Dick⏹To the Pequod's crew⏹An unknown God whose whiteness represents goodness and tranquility, evil and violence.⏹Ahab : Moby Dick is a manifestation of all that is wrong with the world, and he feels thatit is his destiny to erase this symbolic evil.⏹it represents the destruction of the environment by expansion and exploitation in the 19th⏹For the author and the readers, Ishmael, it is a mystery of the universeQueequeg's Coffin⏹Queequeg‘s coffin alternately symbolizes life and death.⏹Queequeg has it built when he is seriously ill, but when he recovers, it becomes a chestto hold his belongings and an mark of his will to live. He make the knowledge tattooed on his body last forever, by carving it onto the coffin’s lid.⏹The coffin further comes to symbolize life, in a morbid way, when it replaces thePequod…s life buoy（救生衣）. When the Pequod sinks, the coffin becomes Ishmael's buoy, saving not only his life but the life of the narrative that he will pass on.The novel can be understood from three levels⏹ 1. It is a novel of journey and whale catching.⏹ 2. It is a conflict between Captain Ahab and Moby Dick.⏹ 3.It is a story of Ishmael, his thought about human body’s ego realization, therelationship between man and nature, man and God, man and man, etc.Melville’s views of lifea. negative attitude towards life.b. One of the major themes of his is alienation （far away from each other.c. Other themes: loneliness, suicidal individualism (individualism causing disaster and death）, rejection and quest, confrontation of innocence and evil, doubts over the comforting 19th-century idea of progressMelville’s contr ibution to American literature and featuresAutobiographical elements, Moby-Dick for instance SymbolismAhab Moby dick AND Sea whiteness Pequod VoyageThe style of Melville⏹There is a threefold quality in his writing; the style of fact, the style of oratory celebratingthe fact, and the style of meditation.⏹His style is highly symbolic and metaphorical. The novel has many non-narrative chapters,and this is how Melville changed an adventure story into a philosophical novel.⏹He used the technique of multiple views to achieve the effect of ambiguity.⏹Melville manages to achieve the effect of ambiguity through employing thetechnique of multiple view of his narratives.O Captain My CaptainO Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weathered every rack（刑架）, the prize we sought is won,The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;Rise up--for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills,For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding,For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;Here Captain! dear father!This arm beneath your head!It is some dream that on the deck,You've fallen cold and dead.My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;Exult O shores, and ring O bells!But I, with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.。
Herman Melville——Moby Dick《白鲸》
Meeting Hawthorne in the summer of 1850 Influenced by his black vision, he revised Moby 1）Life Dick and dedicated it to Hawthorne. will never rest he gets hold of a definite He was“He a novelist, anuntil essayist, a short story belief. It is strange how he persists… He can writer and a poet. He was called as‖Master of neither believe, nor be comfortable in his Philosophical His sea experiences and disbelief; Allegory‖ and he is too honest and courageous not to try to do one or the other… adventures He has a very furnished him with Three things which deserve mentioned: high and noble nature.” abundant material
Man cannot influence and overcome nature at its source. Once he attempts to seek power over nature, he is doomed. The idea that man can make the world for himself is nothing but a transcendentalist folly. Melville never seems able to say an affirmative yes to life: his attitude of ―Everlasting Nay‖ . The loss of faith and the sense of futility and meaninglessness were expressed in Melville‘s works.
moby dick 人物分析教学课件(二)
moby dick 人物分析教学课件(二)- Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件- 介绍- Moby Dick 是一个由 Herman Melville 所写的小说，讲述了一个叫做 Ishmael 的人加入一个捕鲸船队，最终与一只巨大的白色抹香鲸 Moby Dick 相遇的故事。
- 该课件旨在帮助学生深入了解小说中的人物，包括主要人物和次要人物，以及他们在故事中的角色和作用。
- 主要人物- Ishmael：小说的叙述者和主角，是一个年轻的水手，他加入捕鲸船队的原因是为了逃避社会的压力和孤独。
- Captain Ahab：捕鲸船 Pequod 的船长，他曾经与 Moby Dick 相遇并失去了一条腿，因此对这只抹香鲸充满了仇恨和痴迷。
- Queequeg：一个来自南太平洋的人类骨灰盒制造商，他是Ishmael 的好友和船员，他的存在为小说注入了异域风情。
- 次要人物- Starbuck：Pequod 的第一副船长，他是一个理智和谨慎的人，与 Ahab 的疯狂形成了鲜明的对比。
- Stubb：Pequod 的第二副船长，他是一个幽默和风趣的人，经常用幽默来缓解紧张的气氛。
- Flask：Pequod 的第三副船长，他是一个身材矮小但非常勇敢的人，经常被派去执行危险的任务。
- 人物分析- Ishmael：他是小说的叙述者和主角，他的存在使得读者可以更好地理解整个故事。
他的性格开朗、善良、有同情心，但也有一些孤独和自卑的情感。
- Captain Ahab：他是小说中最具有争议性的人物之一，他的痴迷和仇恨使得他变得疯狂和残忍。
他的存在为小说注入了一种黑暗和恐怖的气氛。
- Queequeg：他是一个非常有趣的人物，他的存在为小说增添了一些异域风情。
他的性格豁达、勇敢、有爱心，但也有一些超自然的信仰。
- Starbuck：他是一个非常理智和谨慎的人，他的存在为小说增添了一些平衡和稳定的因素。
他的性格沉着、有条理、有责任心，但也有一些犹豫和犹豫不决的情感。
Moby-Dick.(作者)ppt
• When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville
Revival" in the early 20th
century that his work won
recognition, especially MobyDick, which was hailed as one
心情。
• Melville is obscure (默默无闻的)during his lifetime, being down and out（穷困潦倒）
to the end. Melville won great fame after
Moby Dick was published 70 years later. It was with Moby Dick that Melville had reached his peak as writer and observer of human nature in all its strengths and
of the literary masterpieces of
both American and world
literature.
also include short stories like Bartleby 《书记员巴特子比》 and novellas (中篇小说) like Billy Budd《比利· 巴德》and so on. Many of
his works are steeped in(充满着)metaphor and
• In August 1843, he became a sailor on a
白鲸简介 Moby-Dick
Hello everyoneToday the story I am going to share is about a man----Capitan Ahab and a mammal---- white whale Moby-Dick. Maybe some of you are not familiar with this novel yet, so before entering the topic we can recall another novel first----The old man and the sea. Both as the well-known American novels Moby-Dick and The old man and the sea share a lot of similarities and difference. They both tell the story of man and nature, as well as sea hunting. But unlike the fortitude character Santiago, Ahab is cold lonely stubborn selfish and he is shaped into the embodiment of evil.With these first impressions of Moby-Dick, let’s start to read this novel.My presentation is divided into three parts: the synopsis; the author and the theme.First is the synopsis. I just choose a very very brief version today to help you to get familiar with this novel. You can find a more detailed version in our textbook, page 188.Captain Ahab, who, having lost a leg in an earlier battle with White Whale, is determined to catch the beast and destroy it. He and his sailors live a dramatic life at sea. They kill lots of whales but Ahab refuses to turn back until he has killed his enemy. Eventually, the white whale appears, and they begins doomed fight against is. On the first day, the whale overturns a boat, on the second it swamps another. when the third day comes, Ahab and his sailors manage to plunge a harpoon into it, but the whale carries the Pequod（the boat）alone with it to its doom. All on the board the whaler get drown, except one, Ishmael, who survives to tell the truth.Then is something about the author Herman Melville.LifeBorn in New York City in 1819, Melville’s childhood was very happy until he was 11 years old when suddenly his father died in debt. He dropped early and tried all kinds of jobs----banking, farming, clerking, and teaching. When all this failed to offer him a decent livelihood, he went to sea.There are three things which deserve to mention in his life and going out of sea isone of them. (The other two is his marriage and his friendship with Hawthorne).Restless and venturesome by temperament, Melville shipped as a cabin boy on a merchant vessel to England in 1839, when he was only twenty years old. At twenty-two he signed for a voyage on the whaler Acushnet. This voyage did not prosper and he with another youth named Tobias deserted the ship in a remote pacific island. His adventures led to his literary career. His experience on the sea furnished him with abundant material for fiction. Here are some of his famous works.Typee（1846）was a romanticized account of his stay among the Polynesians.Omoo（1847）the sequel of Typee was about his adventures on Tahiti and other islands.Redburn（1849）was based on his first voyage to EnglandWhite-Jacket（1850）and Billy Budd（1891）were based on his brief career in the navy.People always say it is these works lay a strong foundation for Moby-Dick.StyleHerman Melville was influenced by several writers and I will focus on two who we have learned before: James Fenimore Copper and Ralph waldo Emerson.Copper is the author of the last of the mohicans. An distinguished feature of his works is Grand scene narrative which was also well reflected in Moby-Dick. As Melville himself said in Moby-Dick “to write a mighty book you must have a mighty theme.”Here he had it----the rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against the overwhelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and its awesome, sometimes merciless force.Melville was deeply influenced by transcendentalism. He advocates natural and natural religion. According to transcendentalism, nature is god; god is unbeaten; nature needs human’s fear. In his novel the sea and Moby-Dick are the symbols of a mysterious supernatural power and can be considered as the physical manifestation of God's presence. In this novel a priest repeatedly chanting “But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah” which shows the transcendentalism thoughts of author.The white whale is like a white angel fighters sending by god to punish human and the anti-hero Ahab is made to warn human that nature cannot be conquered. Ahab’s whaler and artificial limb are made by whale bones which symbolizes the destruction and conquest of nature by human. But at the end of the story, nature punishes human----both Ahab and his whaler are destroyed.ThemeMoby-Dick is considered one of the world’s greatest masterpieces. It is not only a detailed account of whaling, but also a book of history, philosophy and religion. It is therefore, an encyclopedia of the 19th century American mind and America itself.As I mentioned, Moby-Dick is an encyclopedia. Therefore, it involves several themes: revenge, the relationship between man and nature, love and friendship, religion, abandon and pursuit.I have analyzed the relationship between man and nature in the previous part. And at this part I will focus on the revenge as well as abandon and pursuit.This novel shows us two kinds of revenge.The revenge between human and the white whale.The revenge among humans.We have already known the revenge story between white whale and Ahab.But in the capital 54 The Town-Ho Story, the author also describe a revenge story among humans. Because of a trivial thing the mate and a sailor started to hate each other. The mate used his power to harm the sailor and the sailor refused to cooperate with the mate even when they found the boat was leaking. In the critical moment of white whale hunting, become of their noncooperation, the white whale ran and the mate was killed by the white whale. It seems that by telling this story the author wants to show that revenge is inherent in human nature of evil, and if we do not control it, it would lead us to folio even death.Finally, let’s talk about the pursuit and abandon, which not only serves as the theme of the novel but also reflects the spirits of that age. The middle of the 19th century witnesses the development and expansion of capitalism. In that time human continuously gather wealth by conquering and destroying the nature. In order toobtain the very valuable oil and wax, whaling was developed. In this background, everyone wants to escape form their existing state of life and live a new life. For example, at the beginning of synopsis, you can find these sentences: Ishmael was a schoolmaster who often felt that he must leave his quiet existence and go to sea. Much of his life had been spent as a sailor, and his voyages were a means for ridding himself of the restlessness which frequently seized him.Moby-Dick is one of the most well-known romances in American literature history, but it was not until the 20 century, people realized its value. What baffled its early readers was the book’s wild extravagances of mood and language, its effect of what the modern critic Van Wycy Brooks calls “a shredded Shakespearean play”Melville confided to Hawthorne that it (the novel) had been “boiled in hell fire”, referring to the turbulence of his own spirit from which the book sprang. Moby-Dick was too powerful for readers of its time.。
白鲸MobyDick作品分析
白鲸Moby Dick作品分析1.白鲸Moby Dick是19世纪美国作家赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的代表作之一，被誉为一部文学经典。
小说以白鲸为主题，通过船长阿哈伊博的视角，讲述了一个关于复仇与人性的故事。
2. 内容概述白鲸Moby Dick讲述了船长阿哈伊博带领船员追逐那只曾经伤害过他的大白鲸的故事。
整个小说分为三部分，第一部分是阿哈伊博对于白鲸的激情演讲，展示了他对复仇的执着；第二部分描述了船员们的日常生活和他们对于白鲸追逐的热情；第三部分则是故事的高潮部分，描写了阿哈伊博与白鲸的最后一次决战。
3. 主题分析3.1 复仇复仇是整个小说的核心主题。
阿哈伊博为了复仇，舍弃了一切，将自己的一生都奉献给了追逐白鲸。
他不顾船员们的安危，只为了满足自己的复仇心理。
这种执着的复仇精神掩盖了阿哈伊博的人性，令他逐渐变得疯狂。
3.2 人性的黑暗面白鲸Moby Dick通过描写人物的行为和内心独白，展示了人性的黑暗面。
船员们在追逐白鲸的过程中，逐渐展现出贪婪、残忍、争斗的一面。
他们不顾生命危险，只为了能够捕获白鲸而不顾一切。
小说通过揭示人性的黑暗面，引发读者对于人性的思考和反思。
4. 文学风格4.1 叙事方式白鲸Moby Dick采用了多种叙事方式，既有第一人称叙事，也有第三人称叙事。
阿哈伊博作为小说的主要叙事者，通过他的视角和内心独白，向读者展示了个人的情感和思考。
同时，通过第三人称叙事，使得读者能够更全面地了解故事发展和其他角色的动态。
4.2 形象描写梅尔维尔善于运用形象描写，他通过详细的描绘和丰富的细节，让读者能够感受到故事中的场景和人物。
特别是对于白鲸的描写，既有力量感，又有神秘感，给人留下深刻的印象。
5.白鲸Moby Dick是一部充满哲理和思考的文学作品。
通过对复仇和人性的探讨，梅尔维尔向读者展示了人性的复杂性和黑暗面。
同时，通过独特的叙事方式和精细的形象描写，增加了故事的吸引力和震撼力。
这部作品至今仍然有着重要的意义，在文学界产生了深远的影响。
moby dick 人物分析教学课件(一)
moby dick 人物分析教学课件(一)Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件是一种面向学生的教学资源。
本篇文章将分别从教学目标、教学内容、教学方法和教学效果四个方面阐述该教学课件的优点。
教学目标教学目标是指教师和学生共同确定的教学效果。
Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件的目标在于使学生深入理解小说人物，并且掌握对人物进行分析的方法和技巧。
通过这种教学方式，学生可以更好地理解小说的内涵和主题，提高阅读理解和文学分析的能力。
教学内容Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件涵盖了小说中的主要人物，包括船长爱哈布、伊修玛、斯塔布、海明威和白鲸。
课件通过对这些人物的个性、行为、地位和寓意等方面进行深入的分析，使学生能够更好地理解小说的框架和情节，从而更好地理解小说的主题和写作风格。
教学方法教学方法是指教师使用的教学方式和手段。
Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件采用了多种教学方法，包括课件演示、课堂讨论、作业布置等。
通过课件演示，学生可以更加直观地了解小说中的人物形象和背景。
在课堂讨论环节，学生可以互相交流和讨论自己的分析结果，互相学习和补充，以此提高自己的分析能力。
通过作业布置，学生可以更加深入地了解小说中的人物，并巩固自己的分析技巧。
教学效果教学效果是指学生在教学过程中的表现和取得的成就。
通过使用 Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件，学生在课堂上表现出了极大的参与度和学习热情。
在课程结束时，学生对小说的人物以及小说背后的深层含义有了更加深入的了解。
此外，学生在分析技巧和批判性思维方面也有了显著的进步。
综上所述，Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件是一种优秀的教学资源，它使学生更加深入地了解小说中的人物形象和背景，并且掌握对小说人物进行分析的方法和技巧。
此外，这种教学方式也使学生更加喜欢文学和阅读，提高了学生在分析技巧和批判性思维方面的能力，获得了显著的教学效果。
You may have heard of the book Moby Dick阅读理解答案
You may have heard of the book Moby Dick阅读理解答案阅读理解You may have heard of the book Moby Dick(《白鲸记》), written by the American author Herman Melville. You may also know that Moby Dick is considered one of the greatest novels ever written. However, it might surprise you to find out Herman Melville was not always a highly regarded author.Melville’s first two novels, Typee and Omoo, were widely read and financially successfully. They were both exciting tales of adventures at sea and experiences with people in foreign lands. Melville became quite famous. However, upon the publication of his third book, Mardi, Melville’s popularity began to weaken. He was no longer interested in telling tales of pure adventure, and his writing took on a style that alienated(使疏远) the general reading public of his time.Melville published Moby Dick in October of 1851. it was an original novel, combining aspects of sociology and philosophy, which confused readers by its complex symbolism. The book sold poorly.Melville’s next book, Pierre, was almost completely disregarded by the public. Debt frustration and ill health finally forced Melville to take a low-paying job as a customs inspector. Eventually, Melville abandoned prose(散文) and began to write poetry.The Civil War is the main subject of Melville’s poetry. He and his brother made a trip to the front line, and he published a book of poems, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of War, based on this experience.Melville died in 1891 at the age of 72. at this point, his work had been completely forgotten by the public. His talent was to go unrecognized for the next thirty years. Then, in 1920s, his reputation began to improve as critics and readers rediscovered his work. Today Moby Dick is one of the best-known novels ever penned by an American author.28. What were Melville’s first two novels mainly aboutA. His travel experience.B. His successful communication skills.C. Adventurous experiences in the front line.D. Adventurous voyages and foreign experiences.> can learn from the text that Moby Dick________.A. sold a little better than Pierre.B. was Melville’s favorite novel.C. was copied from other books.D. made Melville popular again.30. The text may be taken from___________.A. a writing guideB. a literary journal.C. a science magazine.D. a critical book on literature.31. What is the text mainly aboutA. The main works of Melville.B. The skills in Melville’s writing.C. The ups and downs of Melville.D. The reason for Melville’s failure.。
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Themes
Revenge
•Man and the Natural World
•Alienation & Isolation
Alienation exists between man and man, man and society, and man and nature. Ahab cuts himself off from his family, stays away from his crew, hates Moby Dick and becomes a devil rushing to his doom.He was within “the masoned, walled town of a captian’s exclusiveness”,which leads him to his doom.
Symbols
Queequeg’s Coffin:life and death
a.built when Queequeg is seriously ill
b.but when he recovers, it becomes a chest to hold his belongings and an emblem of his will to live. He perpetuates the knowledge tattooed on his body by carving it onto the coffin’s lid. c. When the Pequod sinks, the coffin becomes Ishmael’s buoy, saving not only his life but the life of the narrative that he will pass on.
Principal characters
Land : a symbol of saห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ety
Sea: adventure and danger
The Pequod: doom d after a Native American tribe in Massachusetts b.did not long survive c.painted gloomy black and covered in whale teeth and bones d.the mementos of violent death e.like a primitive coffin
a.To Ishmael, Moby Dick is (among other things) one of several different sperm whales that have rumors circulating about them in the whaling industry. b.To superstitious sailors, Moby Dick seems immortal and omnipresent, everywhere at once, impossible to kill, and rather like a mysterious seafaring God. c.To Captain Ahab, the White Whale becomes both the cause and the target for all his pain, anger, rage, and hate, and even for the suffering of all human beings throughout time. d.And for the novel as a whole? Moby Dick becomes an object in and of himself. While the Pequod searches the seas for Moby Dick’s body, Ishmael, as narrator, searches through reams of information, trying to "find" the White Whale in an intellectual sense.
Themes
Revenge
•Man and the Natural World
•Alienation & Isolation •Rejection & Quest •The Sense of Futility & Meaninglessness
The adventure of killing Moby Dick is meaningless. Ahab tries to control it, which leads to his doom.
Principal characters
Captain Ahab 亚哈
Ahab is a tragic hero，a noble and highly educated man, acknowledges the limitation of man’s power to know God through his intellect; yet instead of submitting to his weakness, he hopes to transcend it by sheer defiance and exert his power over what he sees. He loses the balance because of the blind and purposeless fury of the whale that eventually destroys him.
Ishmael伊什梅尔
Schoolteacher and part-time sailor; a Presbyterian, like Melville, he projects Calvinistic thinking tempered by his background in literature and philosophy. He discusses such issues as free will, predestination, necessity, and damnation. He is the sole survivor of the Pequod.In the end, he is saved by Queequeg’s coffin, symbolizing a restoration to humanity. Moby Dick It is the White Whale; the world’s largest creature. It is powerful, legendary image of nature. It swims peacefully in the sea until disturbed by humans, then shows a terrible fury and anger. For Ahab, Moby Dick is the symbol of evil.
Themes
Revenge
•Man and the Natural World
•Alienation & Isolation •Rejection & Quest
Voyaging for Ishmael has become a journey in quest of knowledge and values.
Symbols
Moby Dick--The monstrous white whale
(1) Symbol of nature for human beings,because it is mysterious, powerful, unknown. (2) Symbol of evil for the Captain Ahab. (3) Symbol of good and purity because of its whiteness.
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
(1819-1891)
Summary
白鲸记(「莫比敌」Moby Dick)是世上伟大的小说之一。全书的 Moby-Dick, Herman Melville's 1851 焦点集中于南太平洋一条名叫莫比敌的白鲸，以及捕鲸船皮廓 德(Pequod)号的船长阿哈(Ahab)如何对它有不共戴天的仇恨。阿 novel, tells the story of obsessed Captain 哈在一次航行中被莫比敌咬掉一条腿，立志报仇，指挥皮廓德 Ahab’s quest for revenge on the White 号环航全球追踪，终于发现了它。经过三天放下小艇紧追。虽 然刺中了这条白鲸，但它十分顽强狡猾，咬碎了小艇，也撞沉 Whale as observed by a common 了大船。它拖着捕鲸船游开时，绳子套住阿哈，把他绞死了。 seaman who identifies himself only as 全船人尽皆灭顶。只有一个水手借着由棺材改制的救生浮子而 逃得性命。整个故事以这个水手伊希梅尔(Ishmael)自述的方式 Ishmael. 展开。
Themes Principal characters Symbols
Themes
Revenge
Moby-Dick is, fundamentally, a revenge tragedy. It’s about one man’s maniacal obsession with vengeance. It’s about finding an object on which to pin all your anger and fear and rage, not only about your own suffering, but also about the suffering of all mankind. It’s about the inability to understand that you can’t punish the natural world, and that Nature isn’t specifically malicious, just impersonally brutal. It’s about the way that the desire for revenge can eat away at you until it becomes something inhabiting your body, something separate from your own personality.