Essay Archive - Comparing Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville's Writings
Comparing Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville's Writings
Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville focused their writings on
how man was affected by nature. They translated their philosophies though
both the portrayal of their protagonist and their own self exploration. In
Moby Dick, Melville writes about Ahab's physical and metaphysical struggle
over the great white whale, Moby Dick, symbolic of man's struggle against
the overwhelming forces of nature. Ahab's quest is reported and experienced
through the eyes of Ishmael. Melville's use of the third person's
biograp....
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