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Ishmael describes the death of Queequeg, his friend and harpooneer, who asks for a coffin-canoe like the ones in Nantucket. He compares Queequeg's eyes to circles on the water and his thoughts to Zoroaster's.
Moby-Dick (Chap. 110: Queepueg in His Coffin) Lyrics. Upon searching, it was found that the casks last struck into the hold were perfectly sound, and that the leak must be further off. So, it...
- Chapter 126: The Life-Buoy
- Chapter 127: The Deck
- Chapter 128: The Pequod Meets The Rachel
- Chapter 129: The Cabin
- Chapter 130: The Hat
- Chapter 131: The Pequod Meets The Delight
- Chapter 132: The Symphony
- Analysis: Chapters 126–132
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As the Pequod approaches the equatorial fishing ground, the sailors think that they hear mermaids or ghosts wailing. The Manxman says that these are the voices of the newly drowned men in the sea. Ahab laughs at this nonsense, telling the men that they have passed a seal colony in the night. Many of the men are superstitious about seals, though, an...
This chapter is written in the form of a theatrical dialogue followed by a long soliloquy from Ahab. The carpenter grumbles about having to transform the coffin into a buoy. Ahab, aware of the irony of the substitution, calls the carpenter “unprincipled as the gods” for going through with it. He calls Pip to him to discuss the “wondrous philosophie...
The Pequod, still looking for Moby Dick, encounters the Rachel. Captain Gardiner of the Rachel,after affirming that he has indeed seen Moby Dick, climbs aboard Ahab’s ship and begs Ahab to help him find his son, whose whale boat was lost in the chase after the White Whale. Ahab refuses, not wanting to waste time that could be used in pursuit of Mob...
Now that Ahab knows that Moby Dick is near, he spends much of his time walking the decks. One night, Pip tries to follow him, telling Ahab that he won’t abandon him. Ahab tells Pip to stay in the captain’s cabin, lest Pip’s insanity cause Ahab’s compassion for the boy to distract him from his lust for revenge.
Ahab, shadowed everywhere by Fedallah, remains on deck, ever watchful. The crew falls into a routine of stifled silence. This continuous watch sharpens Ahab’s obsession, and he decides that he must be the first to sight the whale. He asks Starbuck to help him get up the main-mast and watch his rope. While Ahab is up there, a black hawk steals his h...
The Pequod then runs into the miserably misnamed Delight, which has previously encountered Moby Dick, with the unpleasant result of a gutted whale boat and dead men. As the Pequod goes by, the Delight drops a corpse in the water. The Delight’s crew remarks upon the coffin life buoy at the Pequod’s stern: to them, it is clear that the coffin is a sy...
Ahab and Starbuck exchange stories about their wives and children, and Ahab talks sadly about his wearying quest for Moby Dick. He calls himself a fool and thinks himself pathetic. Starbuck suggests that he give up the chase, but Ahab doubts that he can stop, feeling impelled by fate. As Ahab debates this profound dilemma, Starbuck steals away in d...
This set of chapters prepares the reader and the Pequod’s crew for the final confrontation with Moby Dick. The atmosphere of doom and the feelings of inevitability grow stronger as the narrative progresses. The sailors, and probably the reader as well, are confused as to which events represent the fulfillment of prophecies of catastrophe and which ...
The Pequod encounters other whaling ships and meets Moby Dick's victims, while Ahab's obsession grows stronger and more tragic. The chapters contain portents, symbols, and foreshadowing of the final confrontation with the white whale.
abated made less in amount, degree, or force. ablutions washing of the body, often ritualistic. abridged condensed, shortened but keeping the main contents. abstemious characterized by abstinence. affidavit a written statement made under oath. aft near or toward the stern (rear) of a ship.
Chaldee was the common term for the ancient Babylonian language inscribed in cuneiform. Biblical Aramaic, also called Chaldee, is a separate language. "Chaldee" may also refer to the lost original language supposedly spoken by Adam and Eve, as explained by Noah Webster in
Ishmael describes the physiognomy and phrenology of the Sperm Whale, which has no nose, no tongue, and a sublime brow. He compares the whale's forehead to a seal, a mountain, and a god, and wonders if it has genius or not.
Learn about the symbols in Moby-Dick, such as Father Mapple's pulpit, Queequeg's coffin, and the White Whale, and how they reflect the themes and characters of the novel. Find out how the symbols are ambiguous and enriching, and how they change over time.
