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Moby Dick
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Moby Dick
pursued by Ahab and crew of Pequod. [Am. Lit.: Moby Dick]
See : Quarry

Moby Dick
white whale pursued relentlessly by Captain Ahab; “It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me.” [Am. Lit.: Moby Dick]
See : Whiteness


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What's important to know is that this is not a reading of Moby-Dick, the novel.
00) provides a biography of the creator of Moby-Dick and other classics, from his growth as a bawdy storyteller to his later, more mature narratives.
So Moby-Dick and Frankenstein invert the "overcoming the monster" plot in such a way that the hero is the true monster, of which the monster (Frankenstein's creation, the giant whale) is a kind of reflection.
 
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