Why yes my friends we are back to Moby Dick, the infamous great white whale who has proved a challenge to the great Captain Ahab and subsequently now, the crew aboard the Pequod. We have finally, in our reading of the great American novel reached the point of development for Ahab's character.
We have defined his character as:
Sympathetic
Tortured
Conflicted
Driven
Mad
Dangerous
Afraid
Shaped by his Environment
Milton's Satan (compelling...)
Villainous
It was interesting to make a connection to Paradise Lost and how Satan in the poem is compelling, seductive and he draws you in... he's tempting.. and how similar Ahab is. Ahab is seductive towards the crew, getting them to sign on to this knightly quest of heroic action-- slay the EVIL Moby Dick who has torn Ahab apart (physically and mentally)..
Anyways.. that's what we learned today!
Always,
H.Eilene
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