Moby Dick's essay
3.67. reviews. This is a collection of essays from an international conference held to celebrate the anniversary of the publication of Moby Dick. The essays reflect a range of issues and approaches, and offer different thoughts on topics such as the novel's problematic structure. Hardcover. The artistic value of the novel is high, and Melville's subtexts are the main drivers of this work's success. Works Cited. Melville, Herman. Moby Dick: Or the white whale. Page, 1892. Yadav, Meenakshi Sharma and Manoj Kumar Yadav. “A determined observation and investigation of Moby Dick as a symbol of evil.” Moby Dick Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick has been read in countries and languages all over the world. It has been picked and analyzed from a plethora of analytical theories and contexts. In terms of the four functions of mythology, the story can be read in any perspective: mystical, cosmological, sociological or pedagogical. By recognizing the ambiguity of a word's meaning, Saussure's theory is used to identify different interpretations and meanings that operate behind the symbolism of certain colors in Moby-Dick. This essay explores Melville's meaningful intricacies in a symbolic play of color, particularly the elusive nature of the color white. Moby Dick book report. Call me Ishmael, Moby-Dick begins, in one of the most recognizable opening lines in English literature. The narrator, an observant young man setting out from Manhattan, has experience in the merchant marine, but has recently decided that his next voyage will be on a whaling ship. On a cold, gloomy day,