Ahab versus Moby Dick
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Ahab versus Moby Dick is the obsessive, fatal struggle between Captain Ahab and the white whale that forms the driving conflict of Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
central conflict
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fictional struggle ⓘ literary conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| drivesPlotOf | Moby-Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist | Moby Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause | Ahab’s leg lost to Moby Dick ⓘ |
| hasClimax | final chase of Moby Dick ⓘ |
| hasDuration | three-day chase ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
American Romanticism
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nautical fiction ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryPeriod | American Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMedium | novel ⓘ |
| hasMotive | Ahab’s desire for vengeance ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | Moby Dick survives ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Captain Ahab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Atlantic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ high seas ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fate
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madness ⓘ man versus nature ⓘ obsession ⓘ revenge ⓘ the limits of knowledge ⓘ the sublime ⓘ |
| hasVessel | Pequod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences |
later sea literature
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modern depictions of obsession ⓘ |
| involvesCharacter |
Captain Ahab
NERFINISHED
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Moby Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesSpecies | sperm whale ⓘ |
| isDepictedAs | tragic struggle ⓘ |
| isDepictedIn | American literature ⓘ |
| isExampleOf |
monomaniacal pursuit
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tragic hero versus implacable force ⓘ |
| isNarratedBy | Ishmael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| occursDuring | 19th-century whaling era ⓘ |
| partOf | Moby-Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultsIn |
death of Captain Ahab
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destruction of the Pequod ⓘ survival of Ishmael ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
conflict between man and nature
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self-destructive obsession ⓘ struggle against the unknowable ⓘ |
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