Due Today
Moby Dick: Revenge Questions
Agenda
Moby Dick Theme #2 - Fate & Free Will
Discuss the theme of fate and free will as it applies to Moby Dick. Then, students are to answer the following questions about fate and free will:
Discuss the theme of fate and free will as it applies to Moby Dick. Then, students are to answer the following questions about fate and free will:
(1) Do the characters in Moby-Dick have unavoidable destinies? Consider especially (a) Ahab, (b) Ishmael, and (c) Starbuck.
(2) Why does Ishmael alone escape the wreck of the Pequod? Is there something that marks him out as different from the rest of the crew, or is it simply blind chance?
(2) Why does Ishmael alone escape the wreck of the Pequod? Is there something that marks him out as different from the rest of the crew, or is it simply blind chance?
Homework
Finish the fate and free will questions due tomorrow, 12/10/15.
Finish the fate and free will questions due tomorrow, 12/10/15.
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