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Symbols in Moby-Dick — Quiz

Question 4 • English Language Arts 11

Which best explains how Melville uses his description of Ahab in Chapter 28 of Moby-Dick to comment on the nature of people?

Answer
A
Through Ahab, Melville symbolizes how guilt can take over a person’s life.
B
Through Ahab, Melville symbolizes how obsession can take over a person’s life.
C
Through Ahab, Melville symbolizes how inaction can ruin a person’s life.
D
Through Ahab, Melville symbolizes how isolation can ruin a person’s life.

Explanation

In Chapter 28, Ahab is portrayed as consumed by his pursuit of the white whale: his fixation shapes his thoughts and actions and separates him from ordinary life. Melville uses Ahab to suggest that obsession can take over a person’s life. The passage emphasizes this consuming fixation, not guilt or inaction.

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