Moby Dick | Topics for Further Study

  • By investigating various movie adaptations and juvenile editions of Moby-Dick (including comic books), attempt to analyze the qualities of Melville’s novel which do not transfer to other mediums.
  • Basing your work on Chapter 32 of the novel, “Cetology,” check Melville’s facts about whales with what is known about them today. How much, if any, of this chapter would need revising?
  • Explore the issues of physical disability and revenge from the perspective of modern psychology; apply what you learn to the character of Ahab to try to understand...

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