Cosmopolitanism and the Literary Imagination

Patell, Cyrus R. K.

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“…Frye (1951) discussed the significance of character archetypes in myth: "the importance of the god or hero in the myth lies in the fact that such characters…", and they "gradually build up the vision of an omnipotent personal community beyond an indifferent nature" (p.108). Patell (2015) further mentioned that most of Melville's characters carry "biblical names, and the novel is full of other biblical names and allusions"; "Melville's use of names like 'Ishmael' and 'Ahab' invites us to read Moby Dick in the way that the Puritans read the Bible…" (p.70). This section will make an analysis of the Biblical archetypes of Moby Dick and see into the characters such as Ishmael, Ahab, Starbuck, Captain Bildad and their implications.…”

Section: A Biblical Archetype Of Characters and Their Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Biblical Archetypal Study on Moby Dick

2022

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Moby Dick, one of Herman Melville’s masterpieces, has received tremendous concern for its profound and multiple symbolic and metaphoric meanings. And the pervasive biblical terms and allusions deserve particular attention. This paper, based on Frye's archetypal theory, studies Moby Dick from the perspective of biblical archetypal criticism. The association between the characters and their biblical archetypes helps to reproduce the ancient matrix of The Bible, such as the crime of human beings, themes of sin, the fall, and redemption. The exploration of the biblical archetypal theme in Moby Dick provides us a new perspective to understand the profound significance of the novel. Melville reveals the opposition between good and evil in human beings and shows his contradictory religious outlook as well as his spiritual reflections of his time.

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Section: A Biblical Archetype Of Characters and Their Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%