the sphinx interpretation by cailin loyd
THE SPHINX INTERPRETATION BY CAILIN LOYD
In Ch70, there are many inferences that can be made abuot Ahab and also a paradoxical idea about whales. Ahab, usually a stern, crazy man who is short-tempered, says things that are quite deep when he is talking to the decapitated whale head. The things he says are things that he assumes the whale has "seen" in its lifetime, of all of the evils on the sea. Ahab does not speak with hate toward the whale, but with a reverance of sorts. This brings about the paradox; Ahab hates the whale (Moby Dick) enough to devote his entire life to trying to kill it, but when he is in the presence of a whale body, he speaks as if the whale is something he respects and treats with the dignity of something god-like or beautiful. This ties in to the idea that Moby Dick reigns as the god figure in Ahab's mind, for he is consumed with Moby DIck and it dictates everything in his life.
BY CAILIN LOYD
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