Hero Or Villain Constructing Captain Ahab S Identity
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Hero Or Villain Constructing Captain Ahab S Identity
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Author : Kathrin Vogler
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2017-05-23
Hero Or Villain Constructing Captain Ahab S Identity written by Kathrin Vogler and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-23 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0, University of Stuttgart, language: English, abstract: In 1851 Herman Melville published his novel "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" which is considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. Although it was a commercial failure at first, its reputation as a Great American Novel grew during the twentieth century. Other authors admit they wished they had written it themselves and praise the novel. What makes the novel especially interesting is the protagonist, Captain Ahab, who is on a monomaniacal quest for revenge on the white whale Moby Dick that took his leg on a previous voyage. The scholars’ opinions about Ahab range from being a villain to being a hero, whereby some scholars might feel ambiguous and hesitant to put Ahab in either one of the categories. The complexity of Ahab’s character makes it hard to categorize him in either good or bad because he really displays qualities of both. This paper’s aim is to look behind Captain Ahab’s façade in order to find out how Melville constructed his protagonist and why he constructed him the way he did. First of all it is important to look at some key features that occur in Ahab’s character, namely the battle between free will and fate, madness and obsession with revenge. The second part of this paper takes a closer look at possible influences on the construction of Captain Ahab by comparing Ahab to other leaders: In a comparison to King Ahab of Israel the topic of religion in Moby Dick will be mentioned, a comparison to Milton’s Satan will deal with Ahab’s satanic features and the last comparison will connect Ahab to the tragic hero of Shakespeare. Finally the main findings will be summarized in a conclusion.
Moby Dick
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Author : Herman Melville
language : en
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Moby Dick written by Herman Melville and has been published by ABDO Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
In Herman Melville's classic tale of revenge, Ishmael tells his story of becoming a whaler on the Pequod. When Ishmael and his unexpected friend Queequeg join Captain Ahab's hunt for Moby Dick, the voyage of a lifetime turns into tragedy. The adventures of sailing the seas on the hunt for the great white whale is retold in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Melville's Moby Dick. Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 3-8.
The Pusher And The Sufferer
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Author : Suzanne Stein
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-02-04
The Pusher And The Sufferer written by Suzanne Stein and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
Explores the nature of Melville's relations to his reader in Moby Dick, arguing that Melville and his narrator Ishmael are so dazzled, so completely seduced by the Ahab's charismatic charm that they, along with most readers and critics, are unable to see Ahab's character clearly confusing his demonism for tragic heroism.
Approaches To Media Literacy
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Author : Silverblatt
language : en
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Release Date :
Approaches To Media Literacy written by Silverblatt and has been published by M.E. Sharpe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Completely updated, with current examples and new coverage of digital media, this popular handbook provides a range of qualitative approaches that enable students to effectively decipher information conveyed through the channels of mass communication - photography, film, radio, television, and interactive media. It aim is to help students develop critical thinking skills and strategies with regard to what media to use and how to interpret the information that they receive. The techniques include ideological, autobiographical, nonverbal, and mythic approaches. An Instructor's Manual is available to professors who adopt this new edition.
The Cultural Gutter
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Author : Carol Borden
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2011
The Cultural Gutter written by Carol Borden and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Education categories.
Science fiction, fantasy, comics, romance, genre movies, games all drain into the Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful articles about disreputable art-media and genres that are a little embarrassing. Irredeemable. Worthy of Note, but rolling like errant pennies back into the gutter. The Cultural Gutter is dangerous because we have a philosophy. We try to balance enthusiasm with clear-eyed, honest engagement with the material and with our readers. This book expands on our mission with 10 articles each from science fiction/fantasy editor James Schellenberg, comics editor and publisher Carol Borden, romance editor Chris Szego, screen editor Ian Driscoll and founding editor and former games editor Jim Munroe.
The Sign Of The Cannibal
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Author : Geoffrey Sanborn
language : en
Publisher: New Americanists
Release Date : 1998
The Sign Of The Cannibal written by Geoffrey Sanborn and has been published by New Americanists this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Literary Criticism categories.
By exploring cannibalism in the work of Herman Melville, Sanborn argues that Melville produced a postcolonial perspective even as nations were building colonial empires.
Mla International Bibliography Of Books And Articles On The Modern Languages And Literatures
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Mla International Bibliography Of Books And Articles On The Modern Languages And Literatures written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Languages, Modern categories.
White Bound
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Author : Matthew Hughey
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2012-08-22
White Bound written by Matthew Hughey and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-22 with Social Science categories.
Discussions of race are inevitably fraught with tension, both in opinion and positioning. Too frequently, debates are framed as clear points of opposition—us versus them. And when considering white racial identity, a split between progressive movements and a neoconservative backlash is all too frequently assumed. Taken at face value, it would seem that whites are splintering into antagonistic groups, with differing worldviews, values, and ideological stances. White Bound investigates these dividing lines, questioning the very notion of a fracturing whiteness, and in so doing offers a unique view of white racial identity. Matthew Hughey spent over a year attending the meetings, reading the literature, and interviewing members of two white organizations—a white nationalist group and a white antiracist group. Though he found immediate political differences, he observed surprising similarities. Both groups make meaning of whiteness through a reliance on similar racist and reactionary stories and worldviews. On the whole, this book puts abstract beliefs and theoretical projection about the supposed fracturing of whiteness into relief against the realities of two groups never before directly compared with this much breadth and depth. By examining the similarities and differences between seemingly antithetical white groups, we see not just the many ways of being white, but how these actors make meaning of whiteness in ways that collectively reproduce both white identity and, ultimately, white supremacy.
Time Villains
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Author : Victor Piñeiro
language : en
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Release Date : 2021-07-06
Time Villains written by Victor Piñeiro and has been published by Sourcebooks, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
"Magnificent."—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review Story Thieves meets Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library in this wacky, hilarious, and fast-paced middle-grade series starter, with the perfect combination of magic, imagination, and adventure. Javi Santiago is trying his best not to fail sixth grade. So, when the annual "invite any three people to dinner" homework assignment rolls around, Javi enlists his best friend, Wiki, and his sister, Brady, to help him knock it out of the park. But the dinner party is a lot more than they bargained for. The family's mysterious antique table actually brings the historical guests to the meal...and Blackbeard the Pirate is turning out to be the worst guest of all time. Before they can say "avast, ye maties," Blackbeard escapes, determined to summon his bloodthirsty pirate crew. And as Javi, Wiki, and Brady try to figure out how to get Blackbeard back into his own time, they might have to invite some even zanier figures to set things right again... Praise for Time Villains: "Piñeiro scores with this tale of friendship, magic, and adventure... Magnificent."—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review "It's got heart, it's got thrills, it's got pirates! You won't be able to put down this action-packed, relentlessly funny adventure."—Sarah Mlynowski, author of the New York Times bestselling Whatever After series "A magical table that pulls in famous people from history and fiction? Is this the greatest idea for a book ever? Yes. Yes it is. Come join the best dinner party in history (and books), full of pirates, sandwiches and history's greatest figures!"—James Riley, New York Times bestselling author of The Story Thieves series
Death Disability And The Superhero
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Author : José Alaniz
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Death Disability And The Superhero written by José Alaniz and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Thing. Daredevil. Captain Marvel. The Human Fly. Drawing on DC and Marvel comics from the 1950s to the 1990s and marshaling insights from three burgeoning fields of inquiry in the humanities—disability studies, death and dying studies, and comics studies—José Alaniz seeks to redefine the contemporary understanding of the superhero. Beginning in the Silver Age, the genre increasingly challenged and complicated its hypermasculine, quasi-eugenicist biases through such disabled figures as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Matt Murdock/Daredevil, and the Doom Patrol. Alaniz traces how the superhero became increasingly vulnerable, ill, and mortal in this era. He then proceeds to a reinterpretation of characters and series—some familiar (Superman), some obscure (She-Thing). These genre changes reflected a wider awareness of related body issues in the postwar United States as represented by hospice, death with dignity, and disability rights movements. The persistent highlighting of the body’s “imperfection” comes to forge a predominant aspect of the superheroic self. Such moves, originally part of the Silver Age strategy to stimulate sympathy, enhance psychological depth, and raise the dramatic stakes, developed further in such later series as The Human Fly, Strikeforce: Morituri, and the landmark graphic novel The Death of Captain Marvel, all examined in this volume. Death and disability, presumed routinely absent or denied in the superhero genre, emerge to form a core theme and defining function of the Silver Age and beyond.