美国文学Moby Dick课件
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• It is painted a gloomy black and covered in whale teeth and bones
• The cruise of Pequod
The Cruise of the Pequod
Ahab
• The captain of the Pequod. Ahab lost his leg to Moby Dick. He is single-minded in his pursuit of the whale, using a mixture of charisma and terror to persuade his crew to join him. As a captain, he is dictatorial but not unfair. At moments he shows a compassionate side, caring for the insane Pip and musing on his wife and child back in Nantucket.
• The coffin further comes to symbolize life . When the Pequod sinks, the coffin becomes Ishmael’s buoy(浮标), saving not only his life but the life of the narrative that he will pass on.
story, but also is an
eLeabharlann Baiducyclopedia(百科全书) of
everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc. in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.The book is steeped in symbolism
• The great white sperm whale. Moby Dick, also referred to as the White Whale, is an infamous and dangerous threat to seamen, It bit off Ahab's leg, leaving Ahab to swear revenge. It also attacked the Rachel and killed the captain's son.
Other characters
• The harpooner and the best friend of Ishmael: Queequeg
• the first mate of the Pequod: Starbuck
• The Parsee: Fedallah
Moby Dick is not only a revenge
the Pequod. Ishmael
doesn’t play a major role in the events of the novel, but much of the narrative is taken up by his eloquent, verbose, and discourse on whales and whaling. He is the sole survivor
Whiteness
Nature for humanbeings
Evil
Good and purity
Queequeg’s Coffin
• Queequeg’s coffin alternately (更迭 地)symbolizes life and death.
• Queequeg has it built when he is seriously ill, but when he recovers, it becomes a chest to hold his belongings and an emblem (象征，标志)of his will to live.
of the Pequod.
Pequod
• Named after a Native American tribe in Massachusetts that did not long survive the arrival of white men and thus memorializing an extinction
the mementos( 纪念品) of
violent death
did not long survive
Moby Dick
Various Symbols
Mysterious Powerful
and unknown
Threat to the seamen And killed many sailors
• Moby Dick appears in just three times in the novel, the reader does not have access to his thoughts and motivations.
• schoolteacher and part-time sailor; The narrator, and a junior member of the crew of
The Pequod
like a primitive coffin
named after a Native
American tribe in Massachusetts
is painted gloomy black and covered
in whale teeth and bones
a symbol of doom
Voyage of the Pequod
Symbol of the pursuit of ideals, adventure, and the hunt in the vast wilderness.
Ahab Symbol of solipsism(唯我论), revenge and then evil.
God. Solipsism and the expansion.
1 The principal Characters 2 The intruduction of story 3 Symbols of Moby Dick 4 Themes of Moby Dick
Principal Characters
Ishmael
Moby Dick
Ahab
Others
Moby Dick-The whale
Starbuck
Symbol of good and noble.
Themes of Moby Dick
Conflict between Good and Evil. Conflict between Man and Nature. Conflict between Man and Fate or
• The cruise of Pequod
The Cruise of the Pequod
Ahab
• The captain of the Pequod. Ahab lost his leg to Moby Dick. He is single-minded in his pursuit of the whale, using a mixture of charisma and terror to persuade his crew to join him. As a captain, he is dictatorial but not unfair. At moments he shows a compassionate side, caring for the insane Pip and musing on his wife and child back in Nantucket.
• The coffin further comes to symbolize life . When the Pequod sinks, the coffin becomes Ishmael’s buoy(浮标), saving not only his life but the life of the narrative that he will pass on.
story, but also is an
eLeabharlann Baiducyclopedia(百科全书) of
everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc. in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.The book is steeped in symbolism
• The great white sperm whale. Moby Dick, also referred to as the White Whale, is an infamous and dangerous threat to seamen, It bit off Ahab's leg, leaving Ahab to swear revenge. It also attacked the Rachel and killed the captain's son.
Other characters
• The harpooner and the best friend of Ishmael: Queequeg
• the first mate of the Pequod: Starbuck
• The Parsee: Fedallah
Moby Dick is not only a revenge
the Pequod. Ishmael
doesn’t play a major role in the events of the novel, but much of the narrative is taken up by his eloquent, verbose, and discourse on whales and whaling. He is the sole survivor
Whiteness
Nature for humanbeings
Evil
Good and purity
Queequeg’s Coffin
• Queequeg’s coffin alternately (更迭 地)symbolizes life and death.
• Queequeg has it built when he is seriously ill, but when he recovers, it becomes a chest to hold his belongings and an emblem (象征，标志)of his will to live.
of the Pequod.
Pequod
• Named after a Native American tribe in Massachusetts that did not long survive the arrival of white men and thus memorializing an extinction
the mementos( 纪念品) of
violent death
did not long survive
Moby Dick
Various Symbols
Mysterious Powerful
and unknown
Threat to the seamen And killed many sailors
• Moby Dick appears in just three times in the novel, the reader does not have access to his thoughts and motivations.
• schoolteacher and part-time sailor; The narrator, and a junior member of the crew of
The Pequod
like a primitive coffin
named after a Native
American tribe in Massachusetts
is painted gloomy black and covered
in whale teeth and bones
a symbol of doom
Voyage of the Pequod
Symbol of the pursuit of ideals, adventure, and the hunt in the vast wilderness.
Ahab Symbol of solipsism(唯我论), revenge and then evil.
God. Solipsism and the expansion.
1 The principal Characters 2 The intruduction of story 3 Symbols of Moby Dick 4 Themes of Moby Dick
Principal Characters
Ishmael
Moby Dick
Ahab
Others
Moby Dick-The whale
Starbuck
Symbol of good and noble.
Themes of Moby Dick
Conflict between Good and Evil. Conflict between Man and Nature. Conflict between Man and Fate or