Question

15 POINTS

Read the excerpt from Chapter 28 of Moby-Dic.

His bone leg steadied in that hole; one arm elevated, and holding by a shroud; Captain Ahab stood erect, looking straight out beyond the ship’s ever pitching prow. There was an infinity of firmest fortitude, a determinate, unsurrenderable willfulness, in the fixed and fearless, forward dedication of that glance.

Which best describes the theme Melville develops in this excerpt from the chapter?
A. obsession
B. optimism
C. love
D. loss

Answer 1

The answer is: A. obsession .

In the excerpt from "Moby D*ck," by Herman Melville, the narrator describes Captain Ahab's determination and fixation to kill the whale that caught his leg. Thus, Ishmael mentions Ahab's upright posture, his coraugeous persistance, and devoted look towards a dangerous task like encountering the whale.