•Temes 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.
Battle Pieces《 战 争 诗 篇 》 Pieces《 Aspects of the War《战争所见》 War《战争所见》 Timoleon《梯摩里昂》 Timoleon《梯摩里昂》 Clarel《克拉瑞尔》 Clarel《克拉瑞尔》
Moby Dick is an encyclopedia of everything ,history, philosophy,religion, ect.in addition to,a detailed account of the operation of the whaling industry.
• Type of the work：symbolic novel work： • First publication: 1851 • Setting: Most of the book takes place on varies
oceans such as the India ,the Pacific ,the Atlantic ,in the early 1800s. However ,a good deal of the part of book takes places in New England and around Nantuket.
It is the White Whale；the world of the largest creature. It is powerful, legendary image of nature. It swims peacefully in the sea until disturbed by humans ,then shims a terrible fury and anger. For Ahab ,Moby Dick is the symbol of the evil.
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Moby Dick 《大白鲸》 大白鲸》 Typee 《泰比》 泰比》 Omoo 《奥穆》 奥穆》 Mardi 《玛地》 玛地》 Redburn 《雷德本》 雷德本》 White Jacket 《白外 衣》》 Pierre 《皮埃尔》 皮埃尔》 Billy Budd《比利巴德》 Budd《比利巴德》