Melville and the Comic SpiritUsing elements of traditional Celtic lore, relates how Kate helps her stepsister Meghan to break the spell that has given her the head of a sheep. |
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... symbol of Ahab's self - cruci- fixion . Similarly , Ahab's antagonism to God is reflected in Stubb's remark on the ... symbols a sacred implication , though the context makes them pro- fane . Starbuck unquestionably intends the two puns ...
... symbol of Ahab's self - cruci- fixion . Similarly , Ahab's antagonism to God is reflected in Stubb's remark on the ... symbols a sacred implication , though the context makes them pro- fane . Starbuck unquestionably intends the two puns ...
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... symbol of the sea , like his reaction to the symbol of the doubloon , is pathetic , almost terrible , in its comic uniformity . When the Pacific is mild and Starbuck is grasping at its quiet beauty to bolster his faith , Stubb " takes ...
... symbol of the sea , like his reaction to the symbol of the doubloon , is pathetic , almost terrible , in its comic uniformity . When the Pacific is mild and Starbuck is grasping at its quiet beauty to bolster his faith , Stubb " takes ...
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... symbol of a philosophical acceptance , long before a more solemn and less cred- ible symbol was devised in Billy Budd . The voyage that for Ahab is a struggle for a definitive death is for Ishmael a struggle for rebirth . That is the ...
... symbol of a philosophical acceptance , long before a more solemn and less cred- ible symbol was devised in Billy Budd . The voyage that for Ahab is a struggle for a definitive death is for Ishmael a struggle for rebirth . That is the ...
Contents
Introduction I | 4 |
The Comic Matter II | 11 |
The Comic Manner | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Ahab ambiguity American appears artist Babbalanja becomes better bright called chap chapter character comedy comes comic comic spirit conceit Confidence-Man course critical dark deal death devils early effect Emerson eyes face fact figure final Ghost give hand Hawthorne head heart Herman Melville human humor ideas ironic Ishmael joke kind king later laugh laughter least less light literary live look manner Mardi marked meaning Media Melville's mind Moby-Dick native nature never observable Omoo once passage perhaps person philosophical Pierre play puns reader Redburn reflects remark respect sailors satire scene seems seen sense Shakespearean sometimes sort stand story Stubb suggest symbol tell theme thing thought tion tone tragic true turned Typee voyage whale White-Jacket whole writing wrote young