chpt 4 numinous Kyle smith Hannah Robinson Patrick Collins
Numinous inspires awe from humans. Numinous sometimes implies or suggests the presence of a godly spirit or transparent being. This word relates to Moby Dick in Chapter four in the flashback to Ishmael's childhood. In this flashback Ishmael remembers once when he was sent to bed early by his mother, he drifted into a deep slumber and when he woke up felt a presence of something on his hand. This phantom or spirit awed him making him unable to move in fear that the spirit might hurt him. This particular experience is brought back to memory when Ishmael wakes up and discovers that Queequeg has his arm tightly around him whole experience should be described as numinous because of the supernatural experience Ishmael had and remembered.
Hannah Robinson
Kyle Smith
Patrick Collins
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