moby_dick

Appreciation of Moby-Dick⏹American epic: one of the world’s greatest masterpieces: an encyclopedia of everything,history, philosophy and religion etc.⏹Shakespearean tragedy: man fighting against naturePlotCall Me Ishmael Ishmael, A thoughtful but gloomy young man, Ishmael begins his odyssey in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a prosperous whaling town and crossing point to the island of Nantucket(楠塔基特岛). Queequeg, a fierce-looking harpooner（叉鱼者）covered with tattoos（纹身）and carrying a tomahawk(美洲印第安人用的战斧)and a shrunken head. They sign the ship’s papers, but on their way back to the inn to get their belongings, they meet Elijah(以利亚), a shabbily dressed old man who haunts the docks.Elijah hints at the dangers to come and warns the two not to get involved with the vengeful captain. The Quest The Pequod leaves Nantucket on Christmas day headed for the whaling grounds in the Pacific. Captain Ahab remains in his cabin for several days, while the crew accustoms itself to life at sea. When Ahab does emerge, his appearance startles Ishmael.A long, white scar runs down Ahab's face, and he walks on an artificial leg made of whalebone. Soon he calls the entire crew together and informs them that their voyage will be no ordinary whaling cruise. Ahab has returned to sea with the sole purpose of finding and killing the whale that took his leg on the previous voyage. He offers a sixteen-dollar gold piece to the first man who spots the white whale, Moby-Dick, and drink to the death of the whale.The ChaseCaptain Ahab●“a grand, ungodly, godlike man,”●two things about Ahab, captain of the Pequod in Moby-Dick:●Ahab was orphaned when he was twelve months old,●one of his legs was lost as a result of his most recent whaling voyage.●The wound is so fresh that the stump（残肢）is still bleeding. Ahab does not make aproper appearance in the book until Chapter 28. The long delay in Ahab's involvement in the action of the novel helps to build him up as a grand figure, the major tragic character Melville wants his readers to see.Ishmael(以实玛利)⏹narrator. A rootless individual, brought up as a good Christian⏹Wanderer disinherited and dismissed from his home in favor of his half brother Isaac(以撒). outcast, drifter, no family, no last name. ran away from society to nature. His running away symbolizes human being's departure from Eden.⏹Then after the experience on the sea, he wished to return to the land.⏹He believed God not to be conquered, survived⏹Whiteman who considers Indians as equal and should share brotherly love. (Queequeg’scoffin)Queequeg⏹ a highborn native of an uncharted south-seas island. His father was a High Chief, and hisuncle a High Priest. Queequeg is covered in tattoos(文身)and worships pagan gods, including a small black idol, Yojo.⏹But the real point about Queequeg is his friendliness. He and Ishmael strike up an instantcomradeship.Themes1.Individual Vs. Nature2.(Ahab) versus Nature (symbolized by Moby-Dick）3.Tragic hero\noble4.Tragedy of man: revenge on nature5.Anyone who wants to revenge will be defeatedGod and Religion⏹religion and God's role in the natural world. westward.⏹God and man, who is the controller⏹Nature and man (Newton: man can study\examine nature)Symbols⏹Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas orconcepts.voyage- "search and discovery, the search for the ultimate truth of experience."the Pequod -the ship of the American soulMoby Dick---a symbol of good and evilits whiteness--- paradoxical colorThe Pequod⏹Named after a Native American tribe in Massachusetts⏹did not long survive the arrival of white men and thus turned to be an extinction⏹the Pequod is a symbol of doom.⏹It is painted a gloomy black and covered in whale teeth and bones, --violent death. It is,in fact, marked for death. Adorned (decorate) like a primitive coffin, the Pequod becomes one.⏹American dream :Ishmael thought he found dream and freedom in it.⏹Others sacrifices for the whiteMoby Dick⏹To the Pequod's crew⏹An unknown God whose whiteness represents goodness and tranquility, evil and violence.⏹Ahab : Moby Dick is a manifestation of all that is wrong with the world, and he feels thatit is his destiny to erase this symbolic evil.⏹it represents the destruction of the environment by expansion and exploitation in the 19th⏹For the author and the readers, Ishmael, it is a mystery of the universeQueequeg's Coffin⏹Queequeg‘s coffin alternately symbolizes life and death.⏹Queequeg has it built when he is seriously ill, but when he recovers, it becomes a chestto hold his belongings and an mark of his will to live. He make the knowledge tattooed on his body last forever, by carving it onto the coffin’s lid.⏹The coffin further comes to symbolize life, in a morbid way, when it replaces thePequod…s life buoy（救生衣）. When the Pequod sinks, the coffin becomes Ishmael's buoy, saving not only his life but the life of the narrative that he will pass on.The novel can be understood from three levels⏹ 1. It is a novel of journey and whale catching.⏹ 2. It is a conflict between Captain Ahab and Moby Dick.⏹ 3.It is a story of Ishmael, his thought about human body’s ego realization, therelationship between man and nature, man and God, man and man, etc.Melville’s views of lifea. negative attitude towards life.b. One of the major themes of his is alienation （far away from each other.c. Other themes: loneliness, suicidal individualism (individualism causing disaster and death）, rejection and quest, confrontation of innocence and evil, doubts over the comforting 19th-century idea of progressMelville’s contr ibution to American literature and featuresAutobiographical elements, Moby-Dick for instance SymbolismAhab Moby dick AND Sea whiteness Pequod VoyageThe style of Melville⏹There is a threefold quality in his writing; the style of fact, the style of oratory celebratingthe fact, and the style of meditation.⏹His style is highly symbolic and metaphorical. The novel has many non-narrative chapters,and this is how Melville changed an adventure story into a philosophical novel.⏹He used the technique of multiple views to achieve the effect of ambiguity.⏹Melville manages to achieve the effect of ambiguity through employing thetechnique of multiple view of his narratives.O Captain My CaptainO Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weathered every rack（刑架）, the prize we sought is won,The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;Rise up--for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills,For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding,For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;Here Captain! dear father!This arm beneath your head!It is some dream that on the deck,You've fallen cold and dead.My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;Exult O shores, and ring O bells!But I, with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.。

ContentsAbstract in EnglishAbstract in ChineseI. IntroductionII.Religious meanings of the roles2.1 Ahab2.2 Moby dickIII. Other things with religious meanings in the novel IV. Background and transcendentalism4.1. Background4.2. TranscendentalismV. Conclusion: Destruction, Rebirth, and questions Reference“Moby Dick”'s religious significanceAbstractMelville's masterpiece, "Moby Dick" is the world's cultural heritage. Religious significance of it is still relatively less researched. Melville‟s religious belief isvery complex, difficult to determine. First, God is in his mind, the God in "theBible • Old Testament ", people have to fight against their own mind to followGod‟s wishes. He‟s God is also the God of the universe, which means that the white whale has represented the divine nature. He questioned God's mercy in "the Bible". In the early19th century, Transcendentalism is raised in a number of writers. Melville, lost faith in the industrial revolution, too. So he was trying to searchof a destruction and rebirth in the whaling adventure.[Key Words]:Melville"Moby Dick"religious meanings transcendentalism摘要麦尔维尔的著作《白鲸》是世界文化遗产。

赏析米考伯人物形象米考伯人物形象赏析。

米考伯（Moby-Dick）是美国作家赫尔曼·梅尔维尔（Herman Melville）创作的一部经典小说，被誉为美国文学史上的巅峰之作。

小说以捕鲸业为背景，讲述了一位年轻水手伊什梅尔的冒险故事，以及他与一条白鲸米考伯之间的激烈斗争。

在这部小说中，米考伯这一人物形象被塑造得极为生动和复杂，深深地吸引着读者的目光。

本文将从不同角度对米考伯的人物形象进行赏析，探讨其在小说中的重要意义。

首先，米考伯是一条白鲸，但在小说中却被赋予了人类般的智慧和情感。

它不仅是伊什梅尔追逐的目标，更是一种象征和意象。

米考伯的形象在小说中扮演着多重角色，既是恐怖的杀手，又是神秘的谜团，更是对自然力量的象征。

米考伯的出现使得小说充满了神秘和戏剧性，同时也引发了对人类与自然、命运与自由的深刻思考。

米考伯这一形象的复杂性和多重性，使得它成为了小说中最具有象征意义的角色之一。

其次，米考伯的形象还体现了人类对自然的探索和对命运的挑战。

在小说中，米考伯被描绘成一种超越人类理解的存在，它的力量和智慧超乎想象，让人类感到渺小和渺茫。

然而，正是这种对自然的探索和对命运的挑战，使得伊什梅尔和他的船员们能够超越自我，勇敢地面对挑战，不断前行。

米考伯的形象在小说中扮演着一种启发和激励的作用，它让人们认识到，面对自然的力量和命运的考验，人类需要拥有勇气和智慧，去探索和挑战，去追求真理和自由。

此外，米考伯的形象还反映了人类内心深处的欲望和野心。

在小说中，米考伯不仅是一条白鲸，更是一种象征和隐喻。

它象征着人类内心深处的欲望和野心，是人类对未知和神秘的追求。

米考伯的形象在小说中扮演着一种诱惑和诱惑的角色，它让人类感到无法抗拒的吸引力，让人们不断追逐和探索。

然而，正是这种对未知和神秘的追求，使得人类陷入了无尽的苦难和折磨，最终导致了悲剧的结局。

米考伯的形象让人们认识到，人类内心深处的欲望和野心是无穷无尽的，需要警惕和克制，否则将会带来灾难和毁灭。

Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)Herman Melville (1819-1891) was born in New York City in 1819. His parents were of middle-class family background. Because of unwise investment, his father went bankrupt, and then went mad and died in 1832 when Melville was 13, leaving the family with large debts. Melville dropped out of school shortly after his father's death and went to work at the age of 15 in a variety of trades, a bank clerk, a salesman, a farmhand, a school teacher and in 1839 he decided to become a seaman, first signed on to a merchant ship that was going from Boston to Liverpool, England, and then in 1841 signed on for a long whaling journey to the South Seas. Melville did not find the sea life pleasant, for he saw much of injustice that occurred aboard the ship. After a year and a half at sea, Melville and a friend deserted their ship in a Pacific island. But they were captured by Typees, a Polynesian cannibal tribe. They stayed with cannibals for some time and then escaped separately. Melville returned home in 1844. His life at sea proved to be very important for Melville. He once said that a whaling ship and the extensive reading he did while he was at sea was his Yale and Harvard.Melville’s early works are basically a reflection of his varied life experiences. Therefore, it will be difficult to understand his works without knowing his life story. The world in Melville’s fiction mirrors the world he saw—defined by the rough seas and widespread evil. Anyone who boards his ships should have lost innocence already and should expect the unexpected. What he can count on are love of brotherhood, which is in keeping with Melville’s social vision. In many of Melville’s works, we can see another characteristic of Melville’s works, that is, his universe is the single-sex universe, all males and no females.Appreciation of Moby-DickMelville is best known as the author of one book, Moby-Dick, which is one of the world's greatest masterpieces. It is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc. in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry. But it is first a Shakespearean tragedy of man fighting against an overwhelming force in a hostile environment. It is a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universe, a spiritual exploration into man's deep reality and psychology. Whaling is a perfect metaphor for the pursuit of knowledge.Stylea. The use of allegory and symbolismInstead of putting the battle between Ahab and the whale into a simple statement of facts, Melville uses a lot of symbols and expresses rich allegorical meanings.For example, the crew members on the Pequod are made up of the white, red, black, yellow, and brown races. It is a microcosmic微观世界的, 微观的presentation of multicultural society of the United States, or even of the whole human society. The voyage to discover Moby Dick becomes a search for truth or the ultimate force governing the cosmos. The whaler, which represents human society, is defeated by Moby Dick, which represents nature. This tragic defeat suggests that by no means can human society be compared to nature.b. The production of the first American prose epic. An epic is generally a long poem on an important theme. Although the book is presented in the form of a novel, at times it seems like a prose poem. (这部表面看似杂乱无章、结构松散的皇皇巨著被冠以各种形式的名字:游记、航海故事、寓言、捕鲸传说、有关鲸鱼与捕鲸业的百科全书、美国史诗、莎士比亚式的悲剧、抒情散文长诗、塞万提斯式的浪漫体小说)c. LanguageDifferent levels of language use and styles may confuse the readers at first, but they turn the whole book into a symphony with all musical instruments going on to form a melody.Moby-Dick is Melville’s most famous novel. Just like Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick is highly ambiguous.Critics understand it in strikingly different ways.First, it can be understand as a tragedy of man fighting against an overwhelming force in an indifferent and even hostile environment. Thus, Captain Ahab亚哈is a hero who dares to fight though he failed at last.Secondly, it can be understood as a bitter satire on Transcendentalism’s emphasis on self-reliance. Captain Ahab believes in his own power too much and thus he is doomed to fail, because human’s power is limited and there is a mysterious thing exists in the universe which controls man’s life and cannot be understood by human being.Thirdly, it also can be understood as a tragedy of Ahab because of his blasphemy亵渎神明的行为, which causes the death of him and all his crew except Ishmael. Therefore, Ahab is the symbol of evil, while Moby Dick is the symbol of God or some supernatural power.Lastly, nowadays some people think that the story means man should protect the nature otherwise man will be punished as those whalers in the story were punished by the whale.In my personal opinion, I believe the third understanding is more reasonable. Hereafter, I will give you an explanation in the light of the third understanding.The Biblical and historical references of the names in Moby-DickIn Moby-Dick, All the names, including those of the members of the Pequod's crew and the names of all the ships, are carefully chosen. They are either biblical in origin or have some other historical references. Therefore, an analysis of some major names will help us greatly to understand the themes of the novel.Ishmael以实玛利：亚伯拉罕之子，在以撒出生后被弃。

Hello everyoneToday the story I am going to share is about a man----Capitan Ahab and a mammal---- white whale Moby-Dick. Maybe some of you are not familiar with this novel yet, so before entering the topic we can recall another novel first----The old man and the sea. Both as the well-known American novels Moby-Dick and The old man and the sea share a lot of similarities and difference. They both tell the story of man and nature, as well as sea hunting. But unlike the fortitude character Santiago, Ahab is cold lonely stubborn selfish and he is shaped into the embodiment of evil.With these first impressions of Moby-Dick, let’s start to read this novel.My presentation is divided into three parts: the synopsis; the author and the theme.First is the synopsis. I just choose a very very brief version today to help you to get familiar with this novel. You can find a more detailed version in our textbook, page 188.Captain Ahab, who, having lost a leg in an earlier battle with White Whale, is determined to catch the beast and destroy it. He and his sailors live a dramatic life at sea. They kill lots of whales but Ahab refuses to turn back until he has killed his enemy. Eventually, the white whale appears, and they begins doomed fight against is. On the first day, the whale overturns a boat, on the second it swamps another. when the third day comes, Ahab and his sailors manage to plunge a harpoon into it, but the whale carries the Pequod（the boat）alone with it to its doom. All on the board the whaler get drown, except one, Ishmael, who survives to tell the truth.Then is something about the author Herman Melville.LifeBorn in New York City in 1819, Melville’s childhood was very happy until he was 11 years old when suddenly his father died in debt. He dropped early and tried all kinds of jobs----banking, farming, clerking, and teaching. When all this failed to offer him a decent livelihood, he went to sea.There are three things which deserve to mention in his life and going out of sea isone of them. (The other two is his marriage and his friendship with Hawthorne).Restless and venturesome by temperament, Melville shipped as a cabin boy on a merchant vessel to England in 1839, when he was only twenty years old. At twenty-two he signed for a voyage on the whaler Acushnet. This voyage did not prosper and he with another youth named Tobias deserted the ship in a remote pacific island. His adventures led to his literary career. His experience on the sea furnished him with abundant material for fiction. Here are some of his famous works.Typee（1846）was a romanticized account of his stay among the Polynesians.Omoo（1847）the sequel of Typee was about his adventures on Tahiti and other islands.Redburn（1849）was based on his first voyage to EnglandWhite-Jacket（1850）and Billy Budd（1891）were based on his brief career in the navy.People always say it is these works lay a strong foundation for Moby-Dick.StyleHerman Melville was influenced by several writers and I will focus on two who we have learned before: James Fenimore Copper and Ralph waldo Emerson.Copper is the author of the last of the mohicans. An distinguished feature of his works is Grand scene narrative which was also well reflected in Moby-Dick. As Melville himself said in Moby-Dick “to write a mighty book you must have a mighty theme.”Here he had it----the rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against the overwhelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and its awesome, sometimes merciless force.Melville was deeply influenced by transcendentalism. He advocates natural and natural religion. According to transcendentalism, nature is god; god is unbeaten; nature needs human’s fear. In his novel the sea and Moby-Dick are the symbols of a mysterious supernatural power and can be considered as the physical manifestation of God's presence. In this novel a priest repeatedly chanting “But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah” which shows the transcendentalism thoughts of author.The white whale is like a white angel fighters sending by god to punish human and the anti-hero Ahab is made to warn human that nature cannot be conquered. Ahab’s whaler and artificial limb are made by whale bones which symbolizes the destruction and conquest of nature by human. But at the end of the story, nature punishes human----both Ahab and his whaler are destroyed.ThemeMoby-Dick is considered one of the world’s greatest masterpieces. It is not only a detailed account of whaling, but also a book of history, philosophy and religion. It is therefore, an encyclopedia of the 19th century American mind and America itself.As I mentioned, Moby-Dick is an encyclopedia. Therefore, it involves several themes: revenge, the relationship between man and nature, love and friendship, religion, abandon and pursuit.I have analyzed the relationship between man and nature in the previous part. And at this part I will focus on the revenge as well as abandon and pursuit.This novel shows us two kinds of revenge.The revenge between human and the white whale.The revenge among humans.We have already known the revenge story between white whale and Ahab.But in the capital 54 The Town-Ho Story, the author also describe a revenge story among humans. Because of a trivial thing the mate and a sailor started to hate each other. The mate used his power to harm the sailor and the sailor refused to cooperate with the mate even when they found the boat was leaking. In the critical moment of white whale hunting, become of their noncooperation, the white whale ran and the mate was killed by the white whale. It seems that by telling this story the author wants to show that revenge is inherent in human nature of evil, and if we do not control it, it would lead us to folio even death.Finally, let’s talk about the pursuit and abandon, which not only serves as the theme of the novel but also reflects the spirits of that age. The middle of the 19th century witnesses the development and expansion of capitalism. In that time human continuously gather wealth by conquering and destroying the nature. In order toobtain the very valuable oil and wax, whaling was developed. In this background, everyone wants to escape form their existing state of life and live a new life. For example, at the beginning of synopsis, you can find these sentences: Ishmael was a schoolmaster who often felt that he must leave his quiet existence and go to sea. Much of his life had been spent as a sailor, and his voyages were a means for ridding himself of the restlessness which frequently seized him.Moby-Dick is one of the most well-known romances in American literature history, but it was not until the 20 century, people realized its value. What baffled its early readers was the book’s wild extravagances of mood and language, its effect of what the modern critic Van Wycy Brooks calls “a shredded Shakespearean play”Melville confided to Hawthorne that it (the novel) had been “boiled in hell fire”, referring to the turbulence of his own spirit from which the book sprang. Moby-Dick was too powerful for readers of its time.。

白鲸Moby Dick作品分析1.白鲸Moby Dick是19世纪美国作家赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的代表作之一，被誉为一部文学经典。

小说以白鲸为主题，通过船长阿哈伊博的视角，讲述了一个关于复仇与人性的故事。

2. 内容概述白鲸Moby Dick讲述了船长阿哈伊博带领船员追逐那只曾经伤害过他的大白鲸的故事。

整个小说分为三部分，第一部分是阿哈伊博对于白鲸的激情演讲，展示了他对复仇的执着；第二部分描述了船员们的日常生活和他们对于白鲸追逐的热情；第三部分则是故事的高潮部分，描写了阿哈伊博与白鲸的最后一次决战。

3. 主题分析3.1 复仇复仇是整个小说的核心主题。

阿哈伊博为了复仇，舍弃了一切，将自己的一生都奉献给了追逐白鲸。

他不顾船员们的安危，只为了满足自己的复仇心理。

这种执着的复仇精神掩盖了阿哈伊博的人性，令他逐渐变得疯狂。

3.2 人性的黑暗面白鲸Moby Dick通过描写人物的行为和内心独白，展示了人性的黑暗面。

船员们在追逐白鲸的过程中，逐渐展现出贪婪、残忍、争斗的一面。

他们不顾生命危险，只为了能够捕获白鲸而不顾一切。

小说通过揭示人性的黑暗面，引发读者对于人性的思考和反思。

4. 文学风格4.1 叙事方式白鲸Moby Dick采用了多种叙事方式，既有第一人称叙事，也有第三人称叙事。

阿哈伊博作为小说的主要叙事者，通过他的视角和内心独白，向读者展示了个人的情感和思考。

同时，通过第三人称叙事，使得读者能够更全面地了解故事发展和其他角色的动态。

4.2 形象描写梅尔维尔善于运用形象描写，他通过详细的描绘和丰富的细节，让读者能够感受到故事中的场景和人物。

特别是对于白鲸的描写，既有力量感，又有神秘感，给人留下深刻的印象。

5.白鲸Moby Dick是一部充满哲理和思考的文学作品。

通过对复仇和人性的探讨，梅尔维尔向读者展示了人性的复杂性和黑暗面。

同时，通过独特的叙事方式和精细的形象描写，增加了故事的吸引力和震撼力。

这部作品至今仍然有着重要的意义，在文学界产生了深远的影响。

moby dick 人物分析教学课件(一)Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件是一种面向学生的教学资源。

本篇文章将分别从教学目标、教学内容、教学方法和教学效果四个方面阐述该教学课件的优点。

教学目标教学目标是指教师和学生共同确定的教学效果。

Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件的目标在于使学生深入理解小说人物，并且掌握对人物进行分析的方法和技巧。

通过这种教学方式，学生可以更好地理解小说的内涵和主题，提高阅读理解和文学分析的能力。

教学内容Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件涵盖了小说中的主要人物，包括船长爱哈布、伊修玛、斯塔布、海明威和白鲸。

课件通过对这些人物的个性、行为、地位和寓意等方面进行深入的分析，使学生能够更好地理解小说的框架和情节，从而更好地理解小说的主题和写作风格。

教学方法教学方法是指教师使用的教学方式和手段。

Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件采用了多种教学方法，包括课件演示、课堂讨论、作业布置等。

通过课件演示，学生可以更加直观地了解小说中的人物形象和背景。

在课堂讨论环节，学生可以互相交流和讨论自己的分析结果，互相学习和补充，以此提高自己的分析能力。

通过作业布置，学生可以更加深入地了解小说中的人物，并巩固自己的分析技巧。

教学效果教学效果是指学生在教学过程中的表现和取得的成就。

通过使用 Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件，学生在课堂上表现出了极大的参与度和学习热情。

在课程结束时，学生对小说的人物以及小说背后的深层含义有了更加深入的了解。

此外，学生在分析技巧和批判性思维方面也有了显著的进步。

综上所述，Moby Dick 人物分析教学课件是一种优秀的教学资源，它使学生更加深入地了解小说中的人物形象和背景，并且掌握对小说人物进行分析的方法和技巧。

此外，这种教学方式也使学生更加喜欢文学和阅读，提高了学生在分析技巧和批判性思维方面的能力，获得了显著的教学效果。