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* OnlyOneName/NoNameGiven: Known only as Captain Ahab, no surname is ever provided.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: A realistic expression of this trope. Promotion to captain of a whaling ship means being an exceptional whaler. Ahab earned his position and is generally admired for it.
* BadassGrandpa: The badass is practically a given as captain of a whaling ship, but he's noted as being particularly badass even as such. He's also getting up in his years, and the book regularly refers to him as "old man". Neither age nor disability keep him from casting iron at whales.
* BadassGrandpa: The badass is practically a given as captain of a whaling ship, but he's noted as being particularly badass even as such. He's also getting up in his years, and the book regularly refers to him as "old man". Neither age nor disability keep him from casting iron at whales.
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* FamousLastWords: Some of the most famous in English literature:
**Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale! Thus, I give up the spear!
**Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale! Thus, I give up the spear!
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* EvilCrippleFatherNeptune: A master mariner if there ever was one.
* EvilCripple: Has a pegleg made of whalebone to compensate for the leg Moby Dick bit off above the knee.
* EvilCripple: Has a pegleg made of whalebone to compensate for the leg Moby Dick bit off above the knee.
* HonorBeforeReason: A good deal of Ahab's problems stem from this. Namely, he prioritizes the pursuit of the most dangerous whale in the ocean above profitable whaling.
* PetTheDog: With his MoralityPet Pip.
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* TragicHero: Universally considered the greatest captain in Nantucket, driven to his doom by his obsession with revenge. His monologues highlight the tragic part, showing the internal struggle between his old, "good" nature, and his new, maimed self driven by vengeance.
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*NonIndicativeName: In-universe, there's no explanation for its distinctive name. In a meta sense, Melville named it after the real whale Mocha Dick, which was itself named for Mocha Island.
*NonIndicativeName: In-universe, there's no explanation for its distinctive name. In a meta sense, Melville named it after the real whale Mocha Dick, which was itself named for Mocha Island.
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*ButtMonkey: An exceptionally inept whaler who has to beg Ahab for oil just to keep the lamps on his ship lit. He tries to outdo Ahab's crew at hunting some whales they've spotted, but is last seen pursuing a species of whale which Ahab says is too fast to be caught by even the best of crews.
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*AnArmAndALeg: Loses his leg to Moby Dick.
*DreamingOfThingsToCome: Has visions of his imminent doom, which drive him to have a coffin built. He eventually [[IgnoredEpiphany gets over his fear]] and has the coffin caulked for use as a chest, which [[ChekhovsGun comes in handy]] for Ishmael later on.
*IgnoredEpiphany: Fails to heed his own predictions about his impending death.
*IgnoredEpiphany: Fails to heed his own predictions about his impending death.
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A man who accosts Ishmael and Queequeg in the streets of Nantucket, trying to dissuade them from joining the crew of the Pequod.
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*BigDamnHeroes: Too late to do much genuine heroism, but they save the life of Ishmael, at least.
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*BigDamnHeroes: Too late to do much genuine heroism, but they save the life of Ishmael, at least.
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* PeriphalFirstPersonNarrator: FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: He's the narrator of the book but has a very minor role in the story. Once he boards the Pequod, the narration drifts away from his perspective to the point that it essentially becomes an omniscient third-person voice, including descriptions of things that Ishmael couldn't have seen himself.
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* HoistByHisoOwnPetard: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Accidentally kills himself by getting his neck tangled in a rope attached to a harpoon he [[OhCrap already threw at Moby Dick]]. He gets pulled underwater and drowns as soon as the whale submerges again.
*KarmicDeath: Dies in the pursuit of his pointless revenge.
*KarmicDeath: Dies in the pursuit of his pointless revenge.
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*HoistByHisoOwnPetard: Accidentally kills himself by getting his neck tangled in a rope attached to a harpoon he [[OhCrap already threw at Moby Dick]]. He gets pulled underwater and drowns as soon as the whale submerges again.
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Ahab's first mate.
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The quarry of Ahab's hunt and the primary antagonist of the novel, Moby Dick is an almost mythical whale renowned for its incredible size, aggressiveness and white coloring.
*AnimalNemesis: The most famous one in the history of fiction.
*TheBadGuyWins: Successfully kills his main opponent and all but one of his followers, escaping to live another day... if you consider it to be "bad" in the first place.
*BigBad: Insofar as animals can be evil.
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*EldritchAbomination: A common interpretation of its stranger characteristics.
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*AnimalNemesis: The most famous one in the history of fiction.
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*HeterosexualLifePartners: With Queequeg.
*MeaningfulName: In the Bible, Ishmael is banished to a desert. Here, he feels an urge to live at sea.
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