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* StrongerWithAge: An interesting example that Melville may not have though about during his time, but modern research has shown that sperm whales do turn white with age the idea of which can imply that one of the reasons Moby Dick is so powerful is due to it being a very old member of the species.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Ishmael recalls a moment where he woke up to find Queequeg cuddling him in a very affectionate manner, outright comparing it to a husband sleeping with his wife. Any actual attraction isn't really focused on, however.
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* UnluckilyLucky: Is knocked out of Ahab's whaleboat and is the only one who can't make it back onboard. As a result, he's far enough away from the maelstrom to not get sucked under.
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* UnluckilyLucky: Is knocked out of Ahab's whaleboat and is the only one who can't make it back onboard. As a result, he's far enough away from the maelstrom to not get sucked under.
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* {{Determinator}}: Could be classified as [[UnbuiltTrope an early examination of this kind of character's flaws]]. Absolutely nothing will stop Ahab from trying to take his revenge on the White Whale, up to and including sacrificing his entire crew to do it. The crew, for their part, both respect and fear Ahab, while at the same time considering him completely out of his mind over his obsession.
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* {{Determinator}}: Could be classified as [[UnbuiltTrope an early examination of this kind of character's flaws]]. DetrimentalDetermination: Absolutely nothing will stop Ahab from trying to take his revenge on the White Whale, up to and including sacrificing his entire crew to do it. The crew, for their part, both respect and fear Ahab, while at the same time considering him completely out of his mind over his obsession.
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* GoodCopBadCop: They seem to have this going on- Bildah proposing giving Ishmael a pitifully small share, and Peleg argues he should be given a larger but still rather miserly lay, still substantially less than what Ishmael was hoping for.
* MeaningfulName: Peleg was around "when the world was divided" according to Genesis. This Peleg is literally in charge of dividing the spoils of the Pequod.
* MeaningfulName: Peleg was around "when the world was divided" according to Genesis. This Peleg is literally in charge of dividing the spoils of the Pequod.
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* LuckilyUnlucky: Is knocked out of Ahab's whaleboat and is the only one who can't make it back onboard. As a result, he's far enough away from the maelstrom to not get sucked under.
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* LuckilyUnlucky: UnluckilyLucky: Is knocked out of Ahab's whaleboat and is the only one who can't make it back onboard. As a result, he's far enough away from the maelstrom to not get sucked under.
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* TheScapegoat: A metaphysical, perhaps even unconscious example; Ishmael believes that Ahab has put on Moby Dick all the ailments of a post-Adam world. Since he's unable to fight the God that made such a world, Moby Dick is the closest Ahab can come to personifying it.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: A victim of this in virtually every adaptation, in which he usually spends the whole work doing nothing but getting his crew killed blindly pursuing Moby Dick. But because the titular whale only appears at the very end of a ''very'' long book he spends most of it being a mostly reasonable sea captain. He's also tricked by Fedallah's prophecy to believe that he (and by extension, his crew) will defeat Moby Dick- which might point to him having a few screws loose, but certainly not callous to the lives of his men.
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* EqualOpportunityEvil: If you consider him "evil"; he'll accept any whaler who's willing to go along with his quest for vengeance as part of his crew, regardless of their race or nationality.
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* EvilCripple: Has a peg leg made of whalebone to compensate for the leg Moby Dick bit off above the knee.
