Captain Ahab: Man of Mystery

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Captain Ahab Man of Mystery
Helen J. Barnard Henderson State University
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Ye Olde Plot Summary

• Ishmael in New Bedford
• Elijahs Prophecy
• Pequod
• Ahab
• Moby Dick

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Psychology of Ahab

• Revenge-Driven Archetype
• Rumors/ Elijah
• Gold Doubloon
• Stubb
• Rachel
• Reminiscing

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Ahab Psychology

• Jung Typology
• OCEAN

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Ahab and Melville
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Conclusion
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(1994). The significance of the Old Thunder'
epithet in Moby-Dick. ANQ, 7(1), 22. Thompson,
C. (2005). Melville, Ishmael, Teaching, and
Whaling. ANQ, 18(4), 36- 39.