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Themes of Moby Dick 1. Search for truth The story deals with the human pursuit of truth and the meaning of existence. 2. Conflict between Good and Evil. 3. Conflict between Man and Nature. 4. Isolation between man and man; man and nature; man and society. Symbols 1. The Pequod The Pequod is a symbol of doom. It is painted a gloomy black and covered in whale teeth and bones, literally bristling with the mementos of violent death. It is, in fact, marked for death. Adorned like a primitive coffin, the Pequod becomes one. 2. Moby Dick Moby Dick possesses various symbolic meanings for various individuals. 1) Symbol of nature for human beings, because it is mysterious, powerful, unknown. 2) Symbol of evil for the Captain Ahab. 3) Symbol of good and purity because of its whiteness. 3 Voyage of the Pequod Symbol of the pursuit of ideals, adventure, and the hunt in the vast wilderness. 4) Ahab Symbol of revenge and then evil. 5) Starbuck Symbol of good and noble. 6) Sea Symbol of vastness, loneliness, and isolation. Analysis Ambiguity First, it can be understood as a tragedy of man fighting against overwhelming odds in an indifferent and even hostile universe. Thus, Captain Ahab is a hero who dares to fight though he failed at last. Then, it can be understood as a bitter satire. Captain Ahab believed in his own power (a human being’s power) too much and thus he doomed to fail, because human’s power is limited and there is a mysterious thing existed in the universe which controlled man’s life and cannot be understood by human being. Nowadays some new research indicated that the story means man should protect the nature otherwise man will be punished. 《白鲸》 ????? 故事以第一人称叙述。叙述者是有时比拟为作者的伊什梅尔，他受雇于“裴郭德号”出海猎鲸，船长亚哈是个狡猾老练的水手，计划向一只前次航行中毁了他一条腿的白鲸莫比复仇。大副斯达巴克试图说服放弃复仇的计划，但疯狂的老人胁迫他遵从命令。在寻找莫比的过程中，他们捕到了一些鲸鱼。后来，他们发现了白鲸莫比，亚哈在与之交战三昼夜后，用鱼叉刺中莫比。白鲸被激怒了，将床撞沉，所有水手只有伊什梅尔被救起，得以讲述此故事。  1851年梅尔维尔出版《白鲸》，这部小说以充实的思想内容、史诗般的规模和沉郁瑰奇的文笔，成