Herman Melville: A Critical Study

aboard Ahab American appears Bartleby beautiful become begins Benito Billy Budd body called Captain character Christ civilization Clarel comes confidence consciousness creative culture dark death described dream emotions experience eyes face fact fall fate father fear feeling figure finally fire give hand head hero human humor idea Isabel Ishmael kind later leaving less liberal light lived look Lucy meaning Melville Melville's mind Moby-Dick moral mother moved mysterious myth nature never night once past personality Pierre Pierre's poem possible Potter present Promethean Prometheus Redburn represents sailors says scene seeking seems sense ship society sort soul space spiritual stone story strange suffering symbolic tells things thought Titan true turned Typee universe vision whale whole withdrawal writing wrote young