Read the excerpt from chapter 28 of mobydick. it resembled that perpendicular seam sometimes made in the straight, lofty trunk of a great tree, when the upper lightning tearingly darts down it, and without wrenching a single twig, peels and grooves out the bark from top to bottom, ere running off into the soil, leaving the tree still greenly alive, but branded. melville’s description of ahab’s scar in this excerpt best develops which theme in the novel? the ability of man to let go of past wounds the harmony that exists between man and nature the ruling of man’s present by his past wounds the destructive power of man’s technologies

the ruling of man’s present by his past wounds

Explanation:

After this excerpt the narrator continue talking about the scar saying that “By some tacit consent, throughout the voyage little or no allusion was made to it, especially by the mates.” No one wanted to dig into Ahab past or even wonder about it, the description made here shows this scar as traces of a wound that in the present leave the judgment of that previous time that no one mention.

Melville’s description of Ahab’s scar in the excerpt above best develops the theme “the ruling of man’s present by his past wounds” in the novel. The main theme in the novel "MobyD " is about the relationship between nature and humans.  

EXPLANATION

The novel tells the story of a sailor named Ishmael who is in Ahab's obsessive search. The captain of the Pequod whaling takes revenge on MobyD. On a previous voyage, a giant white sprm whale bit Ahab's knee.

MobyD contributed to American Renaissance literature. The work is in the final phase of Romanticism until the beginning of Symbolism. Until the time of the death of its author (in 1891) MobyD was never published commercially. Yet, MobyD has become a good learning material for Renaissance literature.

In the 20th century, MobyD got the title "Great American Novel". D. H. Lawrence called this novel "one of the strangest but most beautiful works in the world" The opening sentence in the MobyD novel "Call me Ismail" became one of the most famous literary sentences in the world.  

Melville began writing MobyD in February 1850, the writing process took 18 months. A year earlier he drafted a story. The writing process was interrupted in August 1850 due to the essay "Mosses from an Old paste". He dedicated this novel to his best friend Hawthorne "as a sign of Melville's admiration for his genius".

In general, this novel tells the story of whaling for its oil. Of course, tell the details of life on a whaling boat with a crew that has a variety of cultures, classes and social status, good and evil nature, and the faith of God. In addition to using narrative prose, Melville uses literary styles and tools ranging from poetry, song, and to Shakespeare's stage writing style.

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• In Herman Melville’s MobyD, what happened to Ahab in his previous encounter with Moby D?

KEYWORD: Herman Melville, Ahab, MobyD , Melville’s description of Ahab’s scar  

Subject: English

Class: 10-12

Subchapter: Literature

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