... he was the only crewman impressed from the Rights of Man and he "made no demur" at being singled out (Melville(2), 3 ) One critic notes that " Billy's demise is brought about by a combination of his own weaknesses and evil influences that fate has decided to pit against his innate goodness" ... A literary critic believes that, " In abstracting and exploring one quality of the whale- its whiteness- Melville generates whole worlds of suggestions and new meanings for Christianity and beyond" ( Walcutt, 5) . Ahab and the whalers in their quest to vanquish the ultimate evil, " become the see...

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