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Herman Melville (1819-1891)

Life of Melville Family Background Born in a prestigious well-to-do family in New York Paternal grandfather Thomas Melville participating in Boston Tea-Dumping Event in 1775 Maternal father, a military officer serving in The American War of Independence and the wealthiest in Albany of New York Father handling textiles who died in 1832 soon after bankruptcy and Melville abandoning school doing different odd jobs, feeling abandoned

Life of Melville Melville’s Harvard and Yale A cabin boy on “St. Lawrence” bound for Liverpool in 1839 (Mardi, 1849; Redburn, 1849) A sailor on American whaler “Acushnet” for 18 months between 1841-1842 Exile at Marquesas in South Pacific for a month, living among Typees (Typee, 1846)

Life of Melville A sailor on an Australian whaler and exile on Tahiti Island (Omoo, 1847) Back to American in 1843 on American Whaler “Charles and Henry” A sailor on American Navy ship for 14 months in 1843 (White Jacket, 1850; Billy Budd, 1924)

Life of Melville Buying a farm “Arrowhead” in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and Moby-Dick (1851) created here Influence of Hawthorne (Melville’s “American Shakespeare”) in the techniques like symbolism, parables and topics like human evils The vice surveyor of New York port from 1866 till 1885. Death in September 1891 after two sons’ young death

Melville’s contribution to American literature and features A literary vanguard Doubt about God and Christianity and faith crisis between 1890s and 1920s Doubt about society Doubt about human soul A 19th century writer American myth popular in the 19th century Discard and pursue pattern typical of 19th century American literature

Melville’s contribution to American literature and features Autobiographical elements, Moby-Dick for instance Symbolism

Appreciation of Moby-Dick American epic Lyric prose poem Cervantes romantic novel Shakespearean tragedy

Appreciation of Moby-Dick · Chart of Characters Ishmael Moby-Dick

Appreciation of Moby-Dick · Questions What kind of Narrator is Ishmael? What is his attitude towards Ahab, Moby-Dick? What is the relationship between God, Nature and Man as reflected in this novel? What does the whaler “Pequod” suggest? What Biblical Images can you find from this novel? What do you associate by reading Pequod’s journey around the glob?

Appreciation of Moby-Dick · Questions What kind of person is Ahab? How do you like him? Do you find anything interesting about the relationship between Ishmael and Queequeg? What does Queequeg symbolize or suggest? What does the whale Moby-Dick remind you of? What does its color suggest? Is there anything in common between Ishmael, Ahab and Melville What may the coffin Queequeg ordered for himself suggest? What may the carving on the coffin imply?