How Would The Characters Of "The Scarlet Letter" See The White Whale Of Melville's "Moby Dick"
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How Would the Characters of "The Scarlet Letter" See the White Whale of
In Melville's Moby Dick our narrator, Ishmael, has a unique view on
the great white whale. "...all these are but subtle deceits, not actually
inherent in substances, but only laid on from without; so that all deified
Nature ab ....
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.... what would you do?"
My method of attacking the question, how would the three main
characters from Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter see the whiteness of the
whale?, is going to be a comparison to Melville's characters. The first
comparison is between Hester Prynne and Ishmael. Hester Prynne is a brave
lady who faces her sin, as seen in her ability to face severe ridicule on
the scaffold. Ishmael is a brave young man who handles any conflict with a
strong will, as seen in his agreement to sig ....
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