However, Hawthorne and Melville believe it to be much more than that. ... In each of their novels, Hawthorne and Melville show sin as a living, breathing being. Hawthorne's character Pearl truly exemplifies living sin. ... (Melville, 1851, p. 528) Throughout his story, Melville uses Moby Dick's aggressive and revengeful behavior to depict him as living sin. ... Melville does a masterful job of portraying Moby Dick as living sin, the destroyer of worlds. ...

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