Billy Budd: Perfect Character In Unjust Microcosm
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An allegory is a symbolic story. Herman Melville's Billy Budd is
an example of an allegory. The author uses the protagonist Billy Budd to
symbolize a superior being who has a perfect appearance and represents
goodness. Melville shows the reader that a superior being can be an
innocent victim of e ....
Middle of paper
.... pg. 2513) The author wants the reader to see
that Billy has strength as well as beauty. He also goes on to make an
allusion between "young Alexander", Alexander the Great, and Billy to
create an image of a powerful figure. (THAAL, pg. 2513) Melville compares
Billy's physical appearance to that of Alexander the conqueror creating an
image of a superior being.
Billy is an "honest soul" and wants simple peace and quiet. (THAAL,
pg. 2514) The simple peace that he seeks may represent the rom ....
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