"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
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