Herman Melville: from "Moby Dick" - Read

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• element 2: an atmosphere of mystery and suspense that is enhanced by a plot containing secrets
• element 3: a ghostly legend, an unexplainable occurrence, or a story about a horrible death or murder
• element 4: omens, foreshadowing, and dreams play a role in the mysterious air of the story
• element 5: tales include highly charged emotional states like: terror, the brink of insanity, anger, impending doom and obsessive love

Question 2

the underlined portion of the following passage from Melville’s Moby Dick is an example of
from paragraph 43: But those wild eyes met his, as the bloodshot eyes of the prairie wolves meet the eye of their leader, ere he rushes on at their head in the trail of the bison; but alas! only to fall into the hidden snare of the Indian

Answer 2

foreshadowing

Question 3

Ahab’s order in Moby Dick to “send everybody aft” so he could speak to them was

Answer 3

a rare occurrence

Question 4

the following passage from Melville’s Moby Dick is an example of
…“aye, Daggoo, his spout is a big one, like a whole shock of wheat, and white as a pile of our Nantucket wool after the great annual sheep-shearing;”

Answer 4

a simile

Question 5

the following passage from paragraph 2 of Melville’s Moby Dick contains
soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and for he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk

Answer 5

a simile

Question 6

the following passage from paragraph 43 of Melville’s Moby Dick contains what figure of speech
But those wild eyes met his, as the bloodshot eyes of the prairie wolves meet the eye of their leader, ere he rushes on at their head in the trail of the bison;

Answer 6

extended simile

Question 7

what clues does Melville in Moby Dick give that Ahab has a peg leg

Answer 7

“ivory stride”, “dented” planks, “peculiar mark of his walk”