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Mar 1, 2013 · That month he took a steamer to Nantucket for his first visit to the Massachusetts island, home port of his novel’s mythic protagonist, Captain Ahab, and his ship, the Pequod. Like a tourist ...
Ahab asks this ship’s crew, as the two ships pass by, if they have seen Moby Dick. The other captain tries to respond, but a gust of wind blows the speaking trumpet from his mouth. The two ships’ wakes cross as they continue on, and the schools of fish that have been following the Pequod turn to follow the Albatross, which saddens Ahab.
Captain Ahab: one of the best whaling captains in Nantucket, the commander of the Pequod, and definitely a bit odd. He's got an Oldboy-style vendetta against a dang whale, after all. Late in the novel, Ahab begins to reminisce about how stark and lonely his life has been: he’s spent forty years working his way up on whaling ships, and only ...
He’s a grand, ungodly, god-like man, Captain Ahab; doesn’t speak much; but, when he does speak, then you may well listen. Mark ye, be forewarned; Ahab’s above the common; Ahab’s been in colleges, as well as ‘mong the cannibals; been used to deeper wonders than the waves; fixed his fiery lance in mightier, stranger foes than whales.
The Pequod is a wooden sailing ship with three masts, fitted out to hunt whales and render their blubber for oil as a factory ship. The master of the ship is Captain Ahab, the main character in Herman Melville 's literary masterpiece. Moby-Dick sinks the Pequod, taking all hands except Ishmael. Gregory Peck gives an outstanding performance as ...
In Chapter 36, Captain Ahab calls the entire crew of the Pequod up to the quarter deck and explains that they are after a white whale by the name of Moby Dick, offering a gold doubloon as a reward for spotting him. Ahab becomes increasingly irate as he describes the loss of his leg and his desire for vengeance, despite the skepticism of those ...
Captain Ahab's wooden leg is the result of his first encounter with the whale, when he lost both leg and ship. After the ship sails it becomes clear that Captain Ahab is bent on revenge and he intends to get Moby-Dick. Ahab demonstrates erratic behavior from the very beginning and his eccentricities magnify as the voyage progresses.
