Moby-Dick
Ch. 117-119, 123, 128
Chapter 117
• Discuss Fedallah’s three prophecies. Infer
how such premonitions might come to
fruition.
AWESOME PASSAGE
• “Ahab, face to face, saw the Parsee and
hooped round by the gloom of the night,
they seemed the last two men in a flooded
world” (395).
Ch. 118 - The Quadrant
• “Thou sea mark… thou sun!”
*** Ahab at his most flawed.
Examine the imagery of Fedallah and Ahab in
this scene. What is Melville going
for here?
Ch. 119 –The Candles
• Opening paragraphAWESOME PASSAGE
• Top of p.399 (Starbuck)
“Old Thunder” - “Let’s
have fair play here.”
• Pg. 400 – Incredible
Imagery!!!
• Top of 402 – Ahab in his fatal
pride! “I burn with thee”
• Final 3 paragraphs of the
chapter - - - AWESOME!!!
Chapter 123 – The Musket
• Starbuck at his best!
• DRAMATIC READING - - Starbuck justifying
the murder of Ahab
(Middle of 405-end)
Chapter 128 – The Rachel
• Quick refocus - -THE GAM
• AHAB’S DEFIANCE OF FELLOW MAN (Captain
Gardiner)