Stubb

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Stubb is the cheerful, pipe-smoking second mate aboard the Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel *Moby-Dick*, known for his ironic humor and fatalistic outlook.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Moby-Dick
appearsInChapter Moby-Dick, "Stubb Kills a Whale"
Moby-Dick, "Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale"
Moby-Dick, "Stubb’s Supper"
Moby-Dick, "The Pipe"
Moby-Dick, "The Quarter-Deck"
appearsInLanguage English
associatedWith Captain Ahab
Flask
Ishmael
Starbuck
whaling
characteristic cheerful
fatalistic outlook
ironic sense of humor
pipe-smoking
creator Herman Melville
employer Pequod
firstPublicationYear 1851
genre American literature
hasThemeRelation fate and fatalism in Moby-Dick
humor as a response to danger
whaling culture in the 19th century
literaryPeriod American Renaissance
nationality American
occupation second mate
role second mate of the Pequod
ship Pequod

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