Ahab is a fictional character in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (1851). Ahab is the monomaniacal captain of the whaling ship Pequod, obsessed with hunting down the white whale Moby-Dick.
In Herman Melville’s novel, Moby Dick, every character is a symbol of the good and evil sides of humanity. However, none of the characters represent pure evil or pure goodness. Even Melville’s description of Ahab suggests he is driven insane by one goal, is given a chance to be seen as a frail, sympathetic character. Ishmael represents the character with the best out of the crew, though his survival is unclear because he never had a direct adversary to overcome.…
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