"Billy Budd" By Herman Melville: Captain Vere
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In the novella "Billy Budd" by Herman Melville, Captain Vere is the “
tragic hero”. he is neither good nor evil, but rather a man whose concept of
order, discipline, and legality forces him to obey the codes of an authority
higher than himself even though he may be in personal disagreement.
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.... know that he was the captain, he could easily be taken for some
royal of the king's that is being transported from one place to another.
As Melville points out, “He had seen much service, been in various
engagements, always acquitting himself as an office mindful of the welfare of
his men, but never tolerating an infraction of discipline; thoroughly versed in
the science of his profession, and intrepid to the verge of temerity, though
never injudiciously so.” In fact, his downfall is d ....
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