白鲸角色分析.ppt

* Ishmael * Queequeg * Starbuck * Ahab * Moby Dick * Moby Dick The most valued of all whales is the sperm whale, because of its spermaceti-- a white , wax-like liquid removed from the oil that is inside the sperm whales head. Spermaceti is used to light all the lamps of the world. Also,it is the main oil used in making expensive perfume. He not only had a strange snow-white lined forehead and a huge high white hump, but also a huge body lined and spotted with the same colour of white. Other sailors who had seen him had given him the nickname of The White Whale. Ishmael The first two sentences of his narration in Chapter 1 make up one of the most famous passages in American literature: Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. Queequeg ?Queequeg hails from the fictional island of Kokovoko in the South Seas, inhabited by a cannibal tribe, and is the son of the chief of his tribe. Since leaving the island, he has become extremely skilled with the harpoon. One passenger shouted,Uncivilized! to him, which made Queenqueg particularly angry. Dropping his harpoon, Queenqueg picked up the rude man and threw him high into the air. As the rude man was coming down, Queenqueg gently hit the mans back in the middle of his fall, which caused the fellow to land on his feet. Queenqueg then turned around and calmly lit his axe-pipe, as if nothing had happened. * Starbuck the young first mate of the Pequod, is a thoughtful and intellectual Quaker from Nantucket. He is bold enough to criticize Ahab‘s vengeance but fails. * Stubb * Flask Three mates in Pequod Ahab He lost a leg to Moby Dick and replaced it with a prosthesis made of whale bone. Captain of the Pequod Ahab Others Moby Dick One of the barrels was leaking. Starbuck: We should take out the barrels