The Role of the Sea, Moby Dick and Herman Melville
The sea plays a large role in Melville’s masterpiece, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab’s main antagonist is the great white whale, but one could argue that the sea is also the antagonist, in part. In fact, the sea is all encompassing, according to Melville, and the narrator Ishmael. The sea is home to Moby Dick as ...