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King Ahab, an able politician but a patron of foreign gods, offended Jehovah (YHWH) by introducing Baal as a god. Jehovah tolerated no other gods and contrived with prophets to destroy King Ahab. Like his eponym, Captain Ahab worships pagan gods, particularly the spirit of fire.
Ahab is ungodly in that he refuses to submit to any higher power. He does not worship or even acknowledge the superiority of forces beyond himself. Ahab is god-like in that he is larger than life. Perhaps he even wants to be God. The mystery continues as Ahab remains in his cabin through the early days of the voyage.
Like the heroes of Greek or Shakespearean tragedy, Ahab suffers from a single fatal flaw, one he shares with such legendary characters as Oedipus and Faust. His tremendous overconfidence, or hubris, leads him to defy common sense and believe that, like a god, he can enact his will and remain immune to the forces of nature.
1 Kings 16:29-19:18. New English Translation. Ahab Promotes Idolatry. 29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel.
It may seem obvious to talk about Captain Ahab in terms of charisma- after all, scholars of American literature have been doing so for decades now. But the charisma ascribed to this character, whom Captain Peleg, a co-owner of. Ahab's vessel, the Pequod , describes as extraordinary in every sense, both. godless and godlike, great, unusual ...
Jun 28, 2004 · Jezebel outlived him by almost fourteen years. Jehu, the captain of Israel’s army, was to be the instrument of divine discipline in her case. After slaying King Jehoram, the son of Ahab, he rode to Jezreel.
Captain Ahab, thePequod’s commander, represents one of the most dynamic and deep of these characters. Driven by a strong will, Ahab possesses but a single purpose: to destroy the White Whale,...
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