http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/moby-dick 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 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:32:26 -0400 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:32:26 -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