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Moby Dick Parts 1.symbols in Moby Dick 2.themes of Moby Dick 3.the style of the work Symbols in Moby Dick The Pequod Moby Dick Ahab Queequeg’s Coffin Ishmael The Pequod---The whale catching ship Moby Dick The white whale ,seen as a evil in the ocean by many sailors. Moby Dick---The monstrous white whale Moby Dick Captain Ahab 1.The captain of Pequod,who is also an experienced sailor for more than 40 years ,lost one of his legs in a catching of Moby Dick. 2.He wanted to take revenge on Moby Dick ,and in his eyes ,Moby Dick is more a evil of cosmos than his biggest enemy. Queequeg’s Coffin Queequeg’s coffin alternately (更迭地)symbolizes life and death. Queequeg has it built when he is seriously ill, but when he recovers, it becomes a chest to hold his belongings and an emblem (象征，标志)of his will to live. He perpetuates（使永存 ）the knowledge tattooed（纹身） on his body by carving it onto the coffin’s lid（盖子）. The coffin further comes to symbolize life when it replaces the Pequod’s life buoy. When the Pequod sinks, the coffin becomes Ishmael’s buoy(浮标), saving not only his life but the life of the narrative that he will pass on. Ishmael A common sailor on Pequod ,the only surviour who lived to tell the story of Moby Dick Themes of Moby Dick 1.the sense of futility and meaninglessness 2.alienation 3.loneliness and suicidal individualism 4.rejection and quest Themes of Moby Dick.(一) 1.The adventure of killing Moby Dick is meaningless. 2.Ahab tries to control it, which leads to his doom. Themes of Moby Dick（二） 1. alienation (far away from each other) exists between man and man, man and society, and man and nature. 2.Ahab cuts himself off from his family, stays away from his crew, hates Moby Dick and becomes a devil rushing to his doom. 3.He was within “the masoned, walled town of a captian’s exclusiveness”,which leads him to his doom. Themes of Moby Dick（三） 3) loneliness and suicidal individualism (individualism causing disaster and death) Themes of Moby Dick（四） 4）re