Moby Dick's maniacal Captain Ahab understands the importance of the fellowship and uses it to bind the crew to him and his goals. He sees that their loyalty or the lack of it will make or break his one goal, to exact revenge on Moby Dick. ... Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow-Death to Moby Dick!" ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Why Voltaire and his Ideas are Critical to the Development of Major Themes in Billy Budd In describing Billy Budd's transfer to the Indomitable from the Rights of Man, Melville writes in regards to the latter vessel: That was the merchant ship's name; tho' by her master and crew abbreviated in...

• Word Count: 1389
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate