NCHS AP English Language

Question 9 - Kelsey Marsh

9) Chapter 50, What does Fedallah's name mean?

According to Stubb, Fedallah is "the very devil himself in disguise, with his tail tucked up and coiled away in his pocket so as not to give himself away." Fedallah is portrayed as an evil character supposedly representing the demonic world perhaps the devil. He uses trickery to assume his position on board is to conduct business it Ahab to go about the concern of the finding of and killing of the white whale. Another meaning is the ransom of God or at the will of God.

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