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Robert L. Gale,A Herman Melville Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press: Westport, CT.,1995.

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Ahab, Captain ("Old Thunder," "Mogul") . InMoby-Dick, Ahab is the n!odl"bt !odli#e $aptain o% the whalin! &essel thePequod. Ahab has been to $olle!es anda'on! the $annibals. (is 'ono'ania$al hatred o% )ob" *i$#, the white whale thatdepri&ed hi' o% his le!, en!enders a pride in hi' whi$h lti'atel" pro&es %atal to hi'and to 'ost o% his &aried $rew. +alentine Pease, r.,-the $aptain o% theAcushnet,whi$h was the 'odel %or thePequod, onl" sper%i$iall" rese'bled the &ol$ani$ Ahab.A 'ore thoro!h!oin! 'odel was Charles Wil#es, na&al o%%i$er and athor o%

/arrati&e o% the 0.. 23plorin! 23pedition drin! the 4ears 1, 19, 178, 171,17 5 &ols. and atlas, 175;.


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Billy Budd 197;. Dll title:Billy Budd" #ailor? also $alledBilly Budd" $oretopmanand Billy Budd" #ailor %An &nside 'arrative(.; In$o'plete no&el. Chara$ters: Albert, (is 'asteratar's is ohn Cla!!art, abot thirt"%i&e, thin and tall,with a pale brow and dar# $rls, and possibl" s%%erin! %ro' de%e$ti&e blood. (isn#nown past !i&es rise to r'ors that he was a $he&alier who a&oided troble with2n!lish law b" oinin! the na&", whi$h is #nown as a re%!e %or the insol&ent and thei''oral. Tho!h npoplar, Cla!!art is pro'ptl" obe"ed b" his sbordinates, whoha&e bilt hi' an nder!rond sp" s"ste' aboard ship.

Li%e in the %oretop pleases /ai&e (e both hates


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applied $ertain $riti$al epithets to Cla!!art, whose $rios $ons$ien$e e3a!!eratesthe' and 'a#es hi' de$ide to $he$# p on the lad.

A %ew ni!hts later,


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+ere personall" reports the &erdi$t to God bless Captain +ereM>The $rew e$hoes these words. The dawn $lods are %lee$". into >the oo=" weeds.>

At his death in 191, )el&ille le%t


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on the o'ers> )a" 1; b" Lietenant (. *. 'ith? in the osmopolitan, >The)rder o% Philip pen$er> ne, l", A!st 19; b" Gail (a'ilton )ar"Abi!ail *od!e;. )el&ille $old ha&e been in%len$ed b" both o% these arti$les whilehe was writin! withot$o''ent.> When )el&ille &isited the 0nion $a&alr" $a'p o% his $osin (enr"

an%ord Ganse&oort- April 167;, he heard abot "on! Willia' 2. Fr'sb", ahotheaded 0nion soldier twent"%or "ears o% a!e who deserted, oined theCon%ederate !errillas nder ohn in!leton )osb",-was $aptred b" 0nion soldiersnear Aldie, +ir!inia, and was tried b" a dr'head $ort'artial, %ond !ilt", andshot b" a %irin! sEad b" order o% his $o''andin! o%%i$er, Colonel Charles RssellLowell, nephew o% the 'ano%letters a'es Rssell Lowell Debrar" 167;. e&eraldetails o% this in$ident are paralleled in ,American #cholar6 At'n 199;: 591688.

p. 7Boo!er, Captain. InMoby-Dick, he is the $aptain o% the a'el 2nderb". (e lost hisri!ht ar' while he was $hasin! )ob" *i$# with his 'ate )onttop.


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Bibliography# )erton ). ealts r., >Inno$en$e and In%a'": in landlessness aloneresides the hi!hest trth, shoreless, inde%inite as God.>


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Claggart, ohn ("e!!y eg"). InBilly Budd, he is the tall, thin, pallid 'astero%ar's aboard theBellipotent.(e is thirt"%i&e "ears old. Thro!h en&" o% the !oodloo#s and inno$en$e o% The Genesis o%


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Bibliography:haron

p. 11'onald. InBilly Budd"he is *onald pro'ised (er'an )el&ille and the Whalin! 2nderb"s>,American /iterature7 )a" 195;: 78.

nglih Sailor. InMoby-Dick, he is aPequodsailor who drin! the 'idni!ht%esti&ities in the %ore$astle praises Captain Ahab and then insists that the %i!ht

between *a!!oo and the panish sailor be a %air one.

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0aya1ay. In +ypee, she is the beati%l, oli&es#inned nati&e !irl who e&identl" lo&esand is lo&ed b" To''o. he is deli$atel" tattooed, is %ond o% raw %ish, and weeps athis departre.

Bibliography:Greda.

0edallah. InMoby-Dick, he is the Parsee who', with %or %ellow Frientals, CaptainAhab se$retl" brin!s aboard hisPequod. At the %irst lowerin! %or a whale, Dedallahand his 'en e'er!e as Ahabs >%i&e ds#" phanto's.> In de ti'e, Dedallah !i&esAhab spe$ios $o'%ort when he prophe$ies eEi&o$all"? bt he then pre$edes his'aster to death be$ase o% the see'in! 'ali$e o% )ob" *i$#. The na'e Dedallah inArabi$ 'eans >sa$ri%i$e or ranso' o% God.> Dedallah is a diaboli$al, '"sti$al in%ideland an assassin o%%erin! his own li%e in desperate %atalis' so as to destro" what here!ards as the satani$all" prod and hate%illed Ahab. Dedallahs !arb 'a" be partl"

based on des$riptions b" Charles Wil#es in his'arrative o* the 1.#. E3ploringE3pedition during the 4ears 5676, 19, 178, 171, 17 5 &ols. and atlas, 175; o%

nati&es and 'esti=os in )anila, in the Philippine Islands, while Dedallahs per%idiosnatre 'a" owe so'ethin! to Wil#ess $o''ents on ls, espe$iall" the ltan andhis son, also in the Philippines.

Bibliography:Din#elstein?


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p. 1793abriel. InMoby-Dick, he is the 'ad prophet o% the2eroboam. (e $a'e %ro' the

/es#"ena ha#ers and predi$ted the death o% (arr" )a$e" when that 'an so!ht to#ill )ob" *i$#.

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3ardiner. InMoby-Dick, he is a son o% Captain Gardiner o% the)achel. The lad wasres$ed %ro' one o% the three whaleboats that prsed )ob" *i$#, bt his twel&e"earold brother is 'issin! in the %orth boat.

3ardiner. InMoby-Dick, he is the twel&e"earold son o% Captain Gardiner o% the)achel. The bo" is or was in a 'issin! whaleboat t!!ed ot o% si!ht or destro"ed b")ob" *i$#.

3ardiner, Captain. InMoby-Dick, he is the /ant$#et $o''ander o% the)achel.Captain Ahab ada'antl" re%ses to oin in the sear$h %or Gardiners twel&e"earold

son, who is or was in a 'issin! whaleboat t!!ed ot o% si!ht or destro"ed b" )ob"*i$#. A%ter thePequodis sn#, Gardiner b" $han$e sails ba$# and res$es Ish'ael.

p. 1663leig, Sa!uel. InMoby-Dick, he is a sailor lost alon! with %i&e others %ro' the Eli,ain 19. Their ship'ates pla$ed a 'arble tablet in their 'e'or" in the Whale'ansChapel in /ew


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-igh *riet, A. InMoby-Dick, he is eeEe!s noble n$le and the brother o% the@in! o% @o#o&o#o, eeEe!s %ather.

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-uey, -oea. InMoby-Dick, he is the proprietor o% the Tr"Pots on the island o%/ant$#et. Ish'ael and eeEe! stop there be%ore si!nin! aboard Captain AhabsPequod. (sse" and Peter Co%%in are $osins.

-uey, Mr. -oea. InMoby-Dick, she is the wi%e o% the proprietor o% the Tr" Potson the island o% /ant$#et. he is %a'os %or her $la' $howder, whi$h Ish'ael andeeEe! eno".

p. 197celand Sailor. InMoby-Dick, he is aPequodsailor who re%ses to dan$e drin! the'idni!ht %esti&ities in the %ore$astle.

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7h!ael. InMoby-Dick, he is the narrator and possibl" the hero. A%ter %or &o"a!es inthe 'er$hant ser&i$e, Ish'ael si!ns aboard thePequod, Captain Ahabs whalin!&essel, be$o'es the boso' %riend o% the harpooner eeEe!, &ows with the others to

prseMoby Dick, and niEel" es$apes the resltin! wre$#. (e is $alled#ri'shander b" Peter Co%%in.

Bibliography:*a&id $ott Arnold,/iminal )eadings: $orms o* 8therness inMelville" 2oyce and Murdoch /ew 4or#: t. )artins Press, 199;?


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#in! and rled ntil his death. At %irst, howe&er, he was pla$ed nder the re!en$" o%@aah'an,-who was the %a&orite wi%e o% @a'eha'eha I.-When @aah'an died 1;, @a'eha'eha Is da!hter @ina be$a'e re!ent, ntil @a'eha'eha III, herhal%brother, be$a'e the %ll%led!ed #in! 1; and a li$entios and dissipatedone, at that. A little later, howe&er, he did pro'l!ate se&eral e3e'plar" 'easres,

in$ldin! the *e$laration o% Ri!hts 19;, the 2di$t o% Toleration 19;, and(awaiis %irst $onstittion 178;. 0nder this last do$'ent, he established ale!islatre o% ele$ted representati&es and a spre'e $ort. (e also a$hie&eddiplo'ati$ re$o!nition o% the independen$e o% his island nation b" the 0nited tates 17;, 2n!land 17;, and Dran$e 17;.

In +ypee, )el&ille des$ribes @in! @a'eha'eha III whose na'e he spells@a''aha''aha; as the hal%$i&ili=ed, %at, la=", and al$oholi$ #in! o% (awaii in17. )el&ille adds that the #in! was %oolishl" persaded b" *r. H Gerrit Par'eledd to srrender (awaii to the


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&era$it" o% parts o% +ypee, )el&ille replied that he la'ented his inabilit" >to sbpoena. . . @or"@or" who Ill be bond is this blessed da" ta#in! his noon nap so'ewherein the %lower" &ale o% +ypee epte'ber 176;.

Bibliography:Anderson, *a&is, // 17.

p. 9acar Sailor. InMoby-Dick, he is aPequodsailor who interrpts the dan$in! drin!the 'idni!ht %esti&ities in the %ore$astle b" annon$in! the approa$h o% a stor'.azaru. InMoby-Dick, this is the na'e Ish'ael assi!ns to a shi&erin! be!!ar who issleepin! on the $rb otside Peter Co%%ins poterInn at /ew


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(e wrote a pair o% anon"'os re&iews. +he *irst revie as o* +he ali*ornia and8regon +railb" Dran$is Par#'an. This re&iew was pblished in the /ew 4or#

/iterary 9orld 1 )ar$h 179;. The se$ond re&iew was o% +he #ea /ionsb" a'esDeni'ore Cooper-/iterary 9orld" April 179;. The/iterary 9orldwas ownedand edited b" )el&illes

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%riends 2&ert *"$#in$#-and his brother Geor!e *"$#in$#.-A%ter a trip to Londonto see pblishers and to !o on to the Continent 179158;, )el&ille pblished9hite-2acket 158;, 'et and ad'ired /athaniel (awthorne,-borrowed 'one" %ro'his wi%es %ather and bo!ht a %ar' he na'ed Arrowhead near Pitts%ield,)assa$hsetts, and 'o&ed there with his %a'il" 158;. (e pblishedMoby-Dick 151; andPierre 15;. (is pro%essional li%e too# a trn %or the worse when

Mardi,Moby-Dick, andPierre%ailed to win wide appro&al.

)el&ille tried withot s$$ess to obtain a $onslar appoint'ent 15;, wasoppressed b" %inan$ial worries and depression, bt 'ana!ed to pblish 'ore than ado=en stories and s#et$hes inHarper!s 'e Monthly Maga,ine-andPutnam!s

Monthly Maga,ine- 15156;. (e seriali=ed&srael Potter 157; and repblishedit in boo# %or' a "ear later. > >The (app" Dailre,> >The Diddler,> >The Paradise o% >i''" Rose,> >I and )" Chi'ne",> >The Gees,>and >The AppleTree Table>. )el&illes short stor" >The Two Te'ples> $old not%ind an" pblisher in his li%eti'e.; )inor ite's and attribted pie$es swell the total o%

prose writin!s sli!htl". )el&ille a!ain went abroad 15615B;, this ti'e toGlas!ow, Li&erpool where he rende=&osed with (awthorne;, the (ol" Land,Gree$e, and Ital"? he then retrned ho'e &ia 2n!land. +he on*idence-Man 15B;%ollowed, bt it was s$h a poplar and $riti$al %ailre that )el&illes pro%essionalwritin! $areer $a'e to an end at this point. (is ei!ht 'aor boo#s sold ro!hl" 5,888$opies and earned abot 18,788 p to the ti'e o% his death in 191.

)el&ille le$tred %or three winter seasons, on >tates in Ro'e> 15B15;, >Theoth eas> 15 159;, and >Tra&elin!: Its Pleasres, Pains, and Pro%its> 159

168;. Adien$e responses were 'i3ed, and )el&ille netted rather little 'one" 788 drin! the %irst season, st o&er 588 %or the se$ond season, and st o&er 188%or the brie% third season. )el&ille ne&er pblished his le$tres, and no 'ans$ripts o%the' ha&e sr&i&ed. (e restlessl" tra&eled a!ain, this ti'e on the $lipper ship$aptained b" his brother Tho'as, to an Dran$is$o, retrnin! &ia thePanama isthmus 168;. )el&ille %ailed a!ain in his e%%orts to obtain a $onslar position 161;.Dollowin! d!e haws death 161;, the )el&illes 'o&ed to /ew 4or# and into)el&illes brother Allans hose in )anhattan. /ot lon! a%ter &isitin! a 0nion ar'"$a'p in +ir!inia %ollowin! a Ci&il War 'ilitar" en!a!e'ent nearb" 167;, )el&ille

pblishedBattle-Pieces 166;. It in$ldes >The Portent 159;,> written in 159a%ter the o'inos han!in! o% ohn )is!i&in!s> 168;, with these

$hillin! lines >I 'se pon '" $ontr"s ills Q The te'pest brstin! %ro' thewaste o% Ti'e Q Fn the worlds %airest hope lin#ed with 'ans %olest $ri'e.> Fther


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'aor titles in$lde The Colle!e Colonel, >The (osetop: A /i!ht Pie$e l",16;,>

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/i!ht Pie$e l", 16;,> )al&ern (ill l", 16;, >The )ar$h into +ir!inia,>>heridan at Cedar Cree# F$tober, 167;,> and >hiloh: A ReEie' April, 16;>.A%ter the war, )el&ille be$a'e an otdoor dept" $sto's inspe$tor at the port o%

/ew 4or# 16615;. spi$ion o% insanit" in )el&ille reslted in aborti&e tal# o%a 'arital separation 16B;? later the sa'e "ear, his older son )al$ol' )el&ille$o''itted si$ide. )el&ille pblished larel 1B6;. (is "on!er son died %riendlessin an Dran$is$o 16;. )el&ille $olle$ted 'ost o% his sea poetr" in2ohn Marr 1; and +imoleon 191;, and at his death he le%t 'ore poe's and Billy Budd.

)el&ille is one o% A'eri$as 'ost stirrin! athors. (is earl" no&els are deli!ht%ll"ro'anti$ bt are dar#ened with to$hes o% dalis', as he $ontrasts pri'iti&is' and

Christian 'oralit", 'indless pleasre and $al$lated $relt". WithMardi, he !rew'ore serios bt then re&erted to so'ewhat si'pler narrati&es, ntil the ti'e o% his'asterpie$e,Moby-Dick, whi$h 'i3es s"'bolis' and a'bi!it" with %a$tal details,atobio!raphi$al to$hes, and tin!lin! ad&entre, all o% whi$h perple3ed his %irstreaders. WithPierre$a'e per'anent troble, and not e&en the best o% +he Pia,,a+ales$old re&i&e interest in >that 'an who had li&ed a'on! $annibals.> A%ter the$o'ple3 and satiri$al ironies o% +he on*idence-Man%ailed to attra$t 'an" readers inthe !enerall" opti'isti$ readin! pbli$ o% the 158s, )el&ille was aware that neither

poplar nor $riti$al s$$ess $old be his drin! his li%eti'e, i% e&er. The Ci&il War%rther depressed hi', altho!h it inspired hi' to write niEel" 'o&in! war poetr".(e 'i!ht ha&e s$ored an at'nal s$$ess i% he had $hosen to polish and pblish

Billy Budd. Instead, he lapsed into nearsilen$e in the 1B8s and 18s, apart %ro' hise3$eedin!l" lon! reli!ios poe' larel, and it re'ained %or the twentieth $entr" todis$o&er and lad his niEe powers. It was not ntil the 198s that his tre worth

be!an to be thoro!hl" nderstood.

p. 9Moby'ic$ 151;. Dll title:Moby-Dick or" the 9hale? title o% %irst


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Port!ese ailor, eeEe!, Radne", )rs. Radne", t. a!os ailor, *on ebastian,e$ond /ant$#et ailor, i$ilian ailor, narles, *r. nodhead, panish ailor,tarb$#, tarb$#, tarb$#, tarb$#, )ar" tarb$#, teel#ilt, ti!!s, tbb, bb, /athan wain, Tahitian ailor, ohn Talbot, )iss Talbot, Tashte!o, Third

/ant$#et ailor, Tisti!, TranEo, 0sher.;

The narrator be!ins his a$$ont with the words >Call 'e Ish'ael>. (e lea&es)anhattan %or /ew tarb$#, a 'arried a#er, is %irst 'ate and wants eeEe! as hisharpooner. (app"!ol$#", $ool tbb %ro' Cape Cod, the se$ond 'ate, wants

Tashte!o, a noble Ga" (ead Indian, %or his harpooner. The third 'ate, p!na$iosDlas# o% )arthas +ine"ard, sele$ts an enor'os A%ri$anA'eri$an na'ed *a!!oo%or his harpooner. Dinall" >'ood" stri$#en Ahab,> thePequods $aptain, appears onthe Earterde$# and soon tosses his pleasreless pipe o&er the side in the bri!htsprin!ti'e. At the 'asthead one da", Ish'ael lets dan!eros pantheisti$ tho!htsinter%ere with his loo#in! ot %or whales. Ahab asse'bles the $rew, nails a !old $ointo the 'ast, and pro'ises to !i&e it to the %irst 'an to si!ht )ob" *i$#, the white,wrin#lebrowed, $roo#edawed whale with pn$tres in his le%t %l#e. When Ahabsa"s that that whale >dis'asted> hi', the $rew &oi$es lo"alt". tarb$# $o'plainsthat the &o"a!e is %or pro%it and not re&en!e on a d'b brte, bt Ahab o&er'ans hi'

b" de%inin! )ob" *i$# as ins$rtable 'ali$e.

Ish'ael re$ords that the h!e )ob" *i$# see's possessed o% an >ne3a'pled,intelli!ent 'ali!nit"> and that its weirdl" white $olor 'a" represent >a d'b

blan#ness,> the >inde%initeness> o% whi$h >shadows %orth the heartless &oids andi''ensities o% the ni&erse.> Ahab heads %or the sothern tip o% A%ri$a so as to 'a#e%or the eEatorial hntin! !ronds o% the Pa$i%i$ F$ean. Fne sltr" da" while Ish'aelis wea&in! a 'at and ponderin! ne$essit", %ree

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will, and $han$e, Tashte!o si!hts a sper' whale. Di&e ds#" phanto's e'er!e onde$#. The" are Ahabs propheti$ %riend Dedallah and that Parsees $rew o% ti!er"ellowFrientals. ThePequods %irst $hase a%ter a whale ends in %ailre. When sotheast o%the Cape o% Good (ope, her $rew hails the ;oneybt learns nothin! abot )ob"*i$#s whereabots. Then thePequod!a's with the +onHoand hears abotteel#ilt, a La#e'an who, when pro&o#ed, str$# his o%%i$er Radne", was %lo!!ed,and planned to #ill Radne"? bt he was spared the troble when )ob" *i$# $hewedRadne" to bits. teel#ilt es$aped to Tahiti and be"ond. *a!!oo 'ista#es a sEid %orthe white whale. In the Indian F$ean, tbb lowers %or a whale, #ills it in a !or" wa",and dines on whale stea# while shar#s thrash the sea and tear o%% pie$es o% whale 'eatat the water le&el. /e3t da" is the abbath, bro#en b" topside bt$her" as the $rew

$ts strips o% blbber and tries ot inn'erable barrels o% oil. The 'en learn %ro' the2eroboamthat )ob" *i$# has st #illed her $hie% 'ate and there%ore Ahab $annot


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deli&er a letter to hi'. When thePequodhan!s the heads o% a ri!ht whale and a sper'whale on opposite "ardar's, Ish'ael $ontrasts the' as toi$al and @antean.eeEe! res$es Tashte!o when the noble %ellow %alls into the sper' whales headand into the sea with it? eeEe!s sword ths rese'bles an obstetri$ians s$alpel.

ThePequod'eets the2ung*rau, sadl" de&oid o% sper' oil. *a!!oo, eeEe!, andTashte!o #ill a si$# whale, whi$h pro'ptl" sin#s %ro' si!ht. Ahab steers between'atra and a&a, ai'in! %or the Philippines and the $oastal waters o% apan. Ish'aeland his %riends see an ar'ada o% whales, so'e dall"in! a'orosl". Wee#s later, tbbtal#s an i!norant $rew aboard theBouton de )oseinto !i&in! hi' pre$ios a'ber!risinside a diseased whales $orpse. Pip, the little bla$# $abin bo" %ro' Alaba'a, %allsinto the water and is de'ented when res$ed. Therea%ter, Pip is tenderl" treated b"Ahab. Fne da" Ahab e3pli$ates the i'a!e o% three 'ontains on his nailed $oin ins$h a wa" as to re%le$t $redit pon hi'sel%. tarb$# interprets the 'ontains as theTrinit". tbb ta#es note o% the =odia$al ar$h o&er the pea#s. Dlas# sees nothin! o%s"'boli$ &ale. ThePequoden$onters the #amuel Enderby, whose $aptain lost an

ar' to )ob" *i$# bt re!ards the whale as displa"in! >aw#wardness> not >'ali$e.>Ad'ittin! that >an a$$rsed thin! is not alwa"s what least allres,> Ahab rshesawa", wren$hes his i&or" le!, and orders his $arpenter to 'a#e hi' a new one.eeEe! inspe$ts lea#" oil $as#s in the hold, $at$hes a $hill whi$h trns to a deadl"%e&er, and orders the $arpenter to 'a#e hi' a $o%%in? bt he re$o&ers. When his shipenters the &ast Pa$i%i$, Ahab orders his bla$#s'ith to %ashion a spe$ial harpoon barb,whi$h he te'pers blasphe'osl" in heathen blood %ro' *a!!oo, eeEe!, andTashte!o, sa"in! >2!o non bapti=o te in no'ine patris, sed in no'ine diaboliM> The

Bachelorsails b", loaded with sper' oil and bond %or ho'e in /ant$#et. Ahabwat$hes a whale swin! its head toward the settin! sn and die. Dedallah predi$ts thatAhab will ha&e neither hearse nor $o%%in, that he will see two hearses, that Dedallahwill pre$ede his $aptain to death, and that onl" he'p $an #ill Ahab.

Ahab dis$ards his Eadrant, plows thro!h a t"phoon, addresses %ier" $or

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posants on his "ardar's, repla$es a li!htnin!trned $o'pass with one o% his ownde&isin!, and loses his lo! and lo! line. When a 'an %alls o&erboard and sin#s alon!with a bo" hrled a%ter hi', eeEe! has his $o%%in lidded and $al#ed as a #ind o%

bo". Ahab re%ses to aid the)achel, ot%o!ht b" )ob" *i$#, in a sear$h %or her

'issin! sailors. Ahab see#s onl" his ene'". TheDelightrolls b", in a sha'bles a%terthe white whale atta$#ed her. Ahab re'inis$es !entl" in tarb$#s presen$e,>dropped a tear in the sea,> bt res'es the prsit. The" si!ht )ob" *i$#, and threeda"s o% atta$# %ollow. Fn the %irst da", )ob" *i$# bites Ahabs s'all boat in two. Fnthe se$ond da", a%ter )ob" *i$# s'ashes three boats prsin! hi', Ahabs i&or" le!and Dedallah are 'issin!. Fn the third da", Ahab $hases the white whale, on whose

ba$# %oled lines ha&e tan!led Dedallah, who ths points his $aptain the wa" to death.The whale is the prophets hearse. )ob" *i$# s'ashes the s'all boat and #ills all in it

bt one tossed %ree, then btts a %atal hole in thePequodhersel%. Ahab re$o!ni=es heras the se$ond hearse. When )ob" *i$# trns ba$# toward Ahab, the %ated 'an lan$eshis 'onster, bt a harpoon line loops arond the 'an and he is $arried to his doo'.

ThePequodsin#s. The lone sr&i&or, Ish'ael, %loats on eeEe!s $o%%in and ispl$#ed %ro' the shrodli#e sea b" the)achel.


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Mo1anna, 2ing. In +ypee, he is the rler o% /#he&a. (e is en$ora!ed b" theDren$h to %o'ent troble in&ol&in! /#he&a, the T"pees, and the (appers.)owanna has a tattooed wi%e.

Mo1 Mo1. In +ypee, he is the %ier$e, onee"ed T"pee $hie% who is wonded in a

&i$torios en!a!e'ent with a !rop o% (appars. (e later opposes To''os s$$ess%le%%ort to es$ape to the Astralian &essel in the harbor. (is na'e is also !i&en as)ow)ow.;

p. 11Mungo. In +ypee, he is the A%ri$anA'eri$an $oo# aboard theDolly.

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+ar!onee. In +ypee"he is a bra&e warrior in an en!a!e'ent with the (appars. The$ontest "ields three (appar $orpses %or what is probabl" a $annibal %east.

+arnee. In +ypee"he is a $lownish 'an bt is also an e3pert at $li'bin! $o$onttrees.

p. 1B+ed. In +ypee"he is a sailor aboard theDolly.(e points to the &alle" o% T"pee as thelo$ale o% $annibals.

p. 5Old 3ay-ead 7ndian. InMoby-Dick, he is a 'e'ber o% thePequod$rew. (ee3plains that Ahab lost his le! o%% the $oast o% apan.

p. 6Old Thunder. InMoby-Dick, this is the na'e that the 'ad prophet !i&es CaptainAhab.

p. 77*edro, 'on. InMoby-Dick, he is a panish %riend o% Ish'aels who with *onebastian heard Ish'ael tell at the Golden Inn in Li'a the thrillin! stor" o% teel#iltand Radne" o% the +on-Ho.

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*eleg, Captain. InMoby-Dick, he was %or'erl" the $hie% 'ate nder Captain Ahab o%thePequodand is now one o% her prin$ipal owners. Li#e Captain


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*erth. InMoby-Dick, he or she is an" one o% Perths $hildren, all o% who' died.

*erth, Mr. InMoby-Dick, she was the lon!s%%erin! and now de$eased wi%e o%Perth the al$oholi$ bla$#s'ith aboard thePequod.

p. 55*ip ("*ippin"). InMoby-Dick, he is a little A%ri$anA'eri$an lad %ro' Alaba'a. (eis a $astawa" drin! a $hase %or a whale and !oes insane, a%ter whi$h Captain Ahab

be%riends hi' in a to$hin! 'anner. Pip 'a" be based to a de!ree on ohn ,History o* &deas8 F$tober*e$e'ber 1969;: 576.

p. B6?uohog. InMoby-Dick, this is Captain Pele!s 'ispronn$iation o% the na'eeeEe!.

p. BB;adney (";ad"). InMoby-Dick, he is the !l" +ine"arder 'ate o% the +onHo.Radne" o%%ended teel#ilt, one o% his 'en, and threatened hi' with a ha''er.teel#ilt $rshed his aw %or his pains. Radne" then tied and %lo!!ed teel#ilt, whowold ha&e 'rdered hi' bt %or the ti'el" appearan$e o% )ob" *i$#, whi$h both

'en $hased and whi$h sa&a!el" #illed Radne". Radne" 'a" be 'odeled in part on a'an na'ed enne", the %irst o%%i$er o% the'assau"a whaleship ot o% /ew


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(e ar!ed with a $rew 'e'ber na'ed Lther Do3, who se&erel" $t enne"s le! witha 'in$in! #ni%e. enne" bled to death April 17;. Do3 was handed o&er toA'eri$an $onslar athorities in (onoll ne;.;adney, Mr. InMoby-Dick, she is the wi%e o% the +on-Ho'ate. he drea's in

/ant$#et o% the white whale that #illed her hsband.

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;atcliffe, ieutenant. InBilly Budd, he is the o%%i$er %ro' theBellipotentwho boardsthe)ights-o*-Man.

p. 7;ed *epper. InBilly Budd, he is a redhaired %ore$astle 'ate o%


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Starbuc$. InMoby-Dick, he is thePequod!s$hie% 'ates %ather, #illed b" a whale.

Starbuc$. InMoby-Dick, he is thePequod!s$hie% 'ates brother, also #illed b" awhale.

Starbuc$. InMoby-Dick, he ser&es as Captain Ahabs $hie% 'ate aboard the PeEod.Thirt" "ears o% a!e, tarb$# is a nati&e o% /ant$#et, a a#er b" des$ent, and a tall,thin realist. eeEe! is his harpooner. tarb$# sees the Trinit" in the dobloonnailed to the 'ast. (e tries bt %ails to dissade Ahab %ro' prsin! )ob" *i$#, iste'pted at one point to shoot his deran!ed $aptain bt does not, and is lost at sea inthe wre$# o% thePequod. tarb$# 'a" be based in part on Drederi$# R. Ra"'ond,%irst 'ate nder +alentine Pease, r.,-$aptain o% theAcushnet, on whi$h the PeEod is'odeled to a de!ree. Ra"'ond had a %i!ht with his $aptain and went ashore at Pa"ta.

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Sub-Sub. &n Moby-Dick" he is the grubbing sub-sub-librarian ho supplies the

pre*atory e3tracts concerning hales.

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S1ain, +athan ("+at"). InMoby-Dick, he is a whaler %ro' /ant$#et and )arthas

+ine"ard. Di%t" "ears earlier, he #illed %i%teen whales in one da". (is lan$e is on awall in Peter Co%%ins poter Inn. Captain Pele! re'ar#s that /at lost his darin! assoon as he oined the $hr$h and be$a'e pios.

>The wa'p An!el> 166;. Poe', inBattle-Pieces. The poet l"ri$all" des$ribes thewa'p An!el as bla$#, thi$# o% lip, %a$in! a $it", and breathin! doo' %ro' a%ar. Atni!ht it sends s$rea'in! stars that brst in the $it", >a!e . . . the "on!,> trn 'aidens

pale, brea# down walls, and wrea# ha&o$. )el&illes sbe$t is the Parrott $annonpla$ed in the 'arshes o% a'es Island otside Charleston and bo'bardin! the rebeltown drin! the Ci&il War. The 0nion !nners ni$#na'ed the weapon >the wa'pAn!el.> The Parrott !n was na'ed a%ter its in&entor Robert Par#er Parrott, who

!radated %ro' West Point 17;, resi!ned %ro' the 0.. Ar'" 16;, de&elopedhis $annon in Cold prin!, /ew 4or#, and patented both it and its shells 161;. Itwas a ri%led, '==ledloadin! $annon, %itted with a thi$#, heatshrn#, wro!htiron

band arond the bree$h to help the barrel withstand pressre drin! %irin!. *i%%erent'odels %ired %ro' 18 to 58pond shells, %ro' to 18 in$hes in dia'eter, withe%%e$ti&e ran!es o% %ro' ,588 to 7,788 "ards.


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p. 775

Third +antuc$et Sailor. InMoby-Dick, he is aPequodsailor who !rows tired o%dan$in! drin! the 'idni!ht %esti&ities in the %ore$astle.

0+his" +hat and the 8ther0 197;.Part o* 9eeds and 9ildings, $ontainin! >TheA'eri$an Aloe on 23hibition,> >The A&atar,> >The Cban Pirate,> >A Grond +ineInter$edes with the een o% Dlowers %or the )erited Re$o!nition o% Clo&er,>>Ins$ription,> >his 165;,> >Pro%ndit" and Le&it",> and >Ti'es


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Ta'ai, I'eeo, Loohooloo, Partoow"e, and Taloo, and he %inall" ships aboard the/eviathan. At one point, *r. Lon! Ghost $alls hi' Pal.

Typee 176;. Dller title: +ypee: A Peep at Polynesian /i*e.; /o&el. Chara$ters:Captain HRi$hard Charlton, the Co''odore, Ad'iral HAbel Abert * Petit

Thoars, Da"awa", i''", *r. HGerrit Par'ele dd, @alow, een@a''aha''aha III, @ara#oee, @ar#", @arlna, @arnoonoo, General @e#anoa,@olor", @or"@or", a$# Lewis, )arhe"o, )arnoo, )ehe&i, )onoo, )oonoon",@in! )owanna, )ow )ow, )n!o, /ar'onee, /arnee, /ed, Lord Geor!e Palet,een Po'are HI+, HGeor!e Prit$hard, )rs. Prit$hard, Rar!a, Ad'iral HRi$hardTho'as, Tinor, the @in! o% Tior, Tob", To''o, TooToo, Captain +an!s,Wor'oonoo.;

The narrator la'ents that, a%ter si3 'onths at sea, their shipDollyis a sha'bles. Their%resh %ood is also all !one, in$ldin! Captain +an!ss pi! and all the $hi$#ens e3$eptPedro the rooster. o the $aptain plans to shi%t $orse %or the )arEesas. )owanna is

now #in! o% /#he&a there. (is oll" wi%e on$e

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startled the Dren$h'en in the harbor b" hoistin! her s#irts to $o'pare her tattoos withthose o% a sailor. A%ter a la=" period drin! whi$h the narrator obser&es &arios %ishand sea%owls, theDollyapproa$hes /#he&a, dis$o&ered in 1B91. Dren$h warshipsare in port, the lo&el" island see'in! a reproa$h to their !ns. /ati&es brin! $o$ontsto the ship, a$$o'panied b" beati%l 'aidens who swi' alon!side and $li'b aboard.A$ts o% deba$her" %ollow. The white 'ans $i&ili=ation is ni%or'l" $orrptin!. Thenati&e %ear and hate the Dren$h, with their shin" troops, $rios %or!e, and stran!ehorses. In 17, a %ew wee#s be%ore the arri&al o% theDolly, Ad'iral * PetitThoars na'ed )owanna #in! o% the whole island to stir p n%riendl" T"pee nati&esand (appar nati&es to rebellion, whi$h the Dren$h $old then inter&ene to Eell.een Po'are o% nearb" Tahiti, nable to resist Dren$h %irepower, was obli!ed todesert her throne.

The narrator de$ides to 'p ship. The $aptain is a t"rant, the $rew psillani'os, the%ood bad, and the %tre aboard a slow whaler n$ertain. o he %inds ot what he $anabot the island its harbor, nati&e hoses, inlets, 'ontains, &alle"s, and spposedl"$annibalisti$ inhabitants. White o$$pation has been $rel, and the nati&es are o%ten

anta!onisti$. When the narrator !oes ashore with a landin! part", he pln!es into the!len o% Tior, where he sees a 'eetin! between the #in! o% Tior and Thoars. What a$ontrastM The sa&a!e appears happier. The narrator retrns to the ship and as#s Tob",a sli!ht, Ei$#te'pered, !oodloo#in!, intelli!ent, and li#able %ellow sailor, to 'pship with hi'. Tob" a!rees. When the $aptain %ritlessl" warns his $rew not to a&ailthe'sel&es o% libert" ashore tho!h !ranted, the pair !o with their 'ates, who soon%all asleep in a $anoe hose. The es$apees pln!e into a !ro&e and psh thro!h $anestoward a 'ontain rid!e, %ro' whi$h the" hope to wat$h their ship lea&e later. Atsnset the" rest ,888 %eet abo&e sea le&el. The" !a=e pon a s$ene o% 'at$hlesslo&eliness.


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stops b" a ra&ine, where the" %ashion a ht that pro&es no de%ense a!ainst 'ore rain.A%ter a wret$hed ni!ht, the narrator awa#ens with $hills and %e&er and a'"steriosl" swollen le!.


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hstle the pa$#a!es ot o% si!ht. To''os le! starts to hrt a!ain. (e %ears that he willbe beheaded and the rest o% hi' $oo#ed and eaten. (e wat$hes so'e %ier$e warriors,in$ldin! onee"ed )ow )ow, retrn %ro' a battle with the (appars and brin! whatsee' to be three polesln! bodies o% de%eated %oes. To''o is denied a$$ess to the Tiarea, where a %east is held %or $hie%s and priests onl". The %ollowin! noon he is

per'itted to retrn to the taboo

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!ro&es, where he spies a h!e wooden &essel with a lid. @or"@or" hstles hi' awa",bt not be%ore he has !li'psed a %resh, %lesh!arnished h'an s#eleton. @or"@or"$alls it pi!, and To''o pretends to belie&e hi'. Ten da"s later, )arnoo retrns bta!ain re%ses to inter$ede %or To''o, altho!h he tells hi' to %ollow his path toPeear#a, his nati&e &alle". To''o is inter$epted b" @or"@or", altho!h his %ather)arhe"o s"'pathi=es with their !loo'" !est. A%ter what %eels li#e abot %or'onths on the island, To''o hears a r'or that Tob" has retrned. A boat stands

o%%shore. )ehe&i per'its To''o to be $arried to a ht near the bea$h. Altho!hTob" is not there, To''o pretends to belie&e that he is, so that his enthsias' willdisar' the nati&e !ards while he tries to !et to the water. Da"awa" weeps at the

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The deri&ation o% the word >T"pee> is p==lin!. An 17 )arEesanDren$hdi$tionar" de%ines it aspeuple ennemialso +eeiis said to 'eaneune homme decondition noble.

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+ypee"a partl" atobio!raphi$al no&el, is based to a de!ree on )el&illes e3perien$esa'on! the T"pees %or one 'onth 9 l"9 A!st 17;. )el&ille wrote it whileli&in! in his 'others ho'e in Lansin!br!h, /ew 4or# probabl" %ro' late 177;,and !a&e part o% his 'ans$ript to his brother Ganse&oort )el&ille,-who was thenewl" appointed se$retar" o% the A'eri$an le!ation in London and who' )el&illeas#ed to ne!otiate %or hi' there. Ganse&oort interested ohn )rra", -the


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na' sold 5,95 $opies and paid )el&ille B thro!h 17;. A%ter $o'pli$ateddealin!s, handled b" )el&illes brother Allan )el&ille,-)el&ille assi!ned ri!hts to+ypeeto (arper a 'an who li&ed a'on! the $annibals> pre&ented hi'%ro' e&er obtainin! a $o&eted $onslar appoint'ent.

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