... run"(Melville(1),161). A literary critic notes that "Ahab becomes sure of the fact that it is fate that pushes him towards the white whale" (Parke,584). Furthermore, towards the end of the novel Ahab realizes that fate is forcing him to continue despite having reasons to avoid ... for he is in revolt against the existence of evil itself. His vindictiveness is against the eternal fact of evil" ( Parke, 569). Furthermore, the whale's whiteness holds a special religious significance as the color white " is at once the most meaning symbol of spiritual things nay, the very veil of ... intensi...

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