http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/336/marina-a-kinney Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:05:57 -0400 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:05:57 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/400/ahabs-devolution-in-herman-melvilles-moby-dick By Marina A. Kinney - Ahab, the monomaniacal ship captain of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, is a man plagued by revenge. Searching the seas for the whale who took his leg and along with it, his ability to effectively assimilate into society, Ahab continually shows himself to be a man concerned with a single unvarying mission. While determinedly seeking out the white whale, Ahab continues to drift farther from mankind as he gets closer to reaching Moby Dick. Because of this single-minded searching, Ahab ultimately becomes similar to an animal, consumed with a compulsion to hunt that is coupled with a loss of reason... Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:06 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/400/ahabs-devolution-in-herman-melvilles-moby-dick http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/348/exploring-madness-in-conrads-heart-of-darkness-and-lawrences-women-in-love By Marina A. Kinney - Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is a novel about the human psyche. It is as concerned with man’s ability to descend into madness as it is with his ability to break away from it and triumph over the dark, consuming impulses that threaten to consume his heart and mind. This struggle between awareness and madness is evidenced in both Marlow and Kurtz. While the narrative is arguably more concerned with Marlow and his struggle between these two realms, it is Kurtz who is of most interest, his madness and its effects dominating the narrative from nearly the beginning. The protagonist... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:31 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/348/exploring-madness-in-conrads-heart-of-darkness-and-lawrences-women-in-love