Herman Melville(1819-1891) is one of the famous writers in the history of American and world literature. Moby Dick is one of the masterpieces of Melville, and it is also his most famous ocean works in his late life. M...Herman Melville(1819-1891) is one of the famous writers in the history of American and world literature. Moby Dick is one of the masterpieces of Melville, and it is also his most famous ocean works in his late life. Moby Dick describes a story on Captain Ahab took revenge on white whale. This paper will discuss Captain Ahab's paranoid personality, and reveal how Melville reflected in the works: coexistence between human and nature. A brief description will be provided for the writer's life and his works, and then I will discuss Captain Ahab's paranoid personality through his whaling capturing process. Then, I will discuss obtaining principles of Captain Ahab, Mate Starbuck, Crew Ishmael, and reveal the Captain's tragic causes and reflected thinking. Finally, I will make a conclusion only if people adopt right obtaining principles to natural resources, could we live with nature altogether.展开更多
文摘Herman Melville(1819-1891) is one of the famous writers in the history of American and world literature. Moby Dick is one of the masterpieces of Melville, and it is also his most famous ocean works in his late life. Moby Dick describes a story on Captain Ahab took revenge on white whale. This paper will discuss Captain Ahab's paranoid personality, and reveal how Melville reflected in the works: coexistence between human and nature. A brief description will be provided for the writer's life and his works, and then I will discuss Captain Ahab's paranoid personality through his whaling capturing process. Then, I will discuss obtaining principles of Captain Ahab, Mate Starbuck, Crew Ishmael, and reveal the Captain's tragic causes and reflected thinking. Finally, I will make a conclusion only if people adopt right obtaining principles to natural resources, could we live with nature altogether.
