Moby Dick:Herman Melville questions, and analyzes, the connections between Melville, Ahab, and modern religion

Moby-Dick: Free Response Essay
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Moby Dick is a novel of adventure, philosophical inquiry, and critique of society. The story, essentially, is the story of the crazy Captain Ahab and his quest to defeat the sperm whale, Moby Dick. In chapters twenty-eight through thirty-one, one is led to believe that Ahab is very much a God-figure in the microcosm of the Pequod.
Ahab is a dour, imposi…