Symbols In Moby Dick written by Herman Melville

by Herminne Tonita - Herman Melville's masterpiece "Moby Dick" was published in 1851, drawing upon the author's experience at sea. The book is about a whaling voyage on the Pequod, whose captain, Ahab obsessed with chasing Moby Dick, the great white whale, finally dies while harpooning him. But the novel is more than a whaling story, its main theme being the Man's fight against the conditions ...

Date added: 08 February '07

Do whales sing?

by Cristina Nuta - 'The whale has no voice', wrote Melville in 'Moby Dick', 'but then again what has the whale to say? Seldom have I known any profound being that had anything to say to this world, unless to stammer out something by way of getting a living'. Not so. Whales may not sing for their suppers, but some of them certainly do sing. Melville failed to hear them because they sing underwat ...

Date added: 23 July '07