Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, first published in 1851. It is considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge.
In Moby-Dick, Melville employs stylized language, symbolism, and the metaphor to explore numerous complex themes. Through the journey of the main characters, the concepts of class and social status, good and evil, and the existence of God are all examined, as the main characters speculate upon their personal beliefs and their places in the universe. The narrator's reflections, along with his descriptions of a sailor's life aboard a whaling ship, are woven into the narrative along with Shakespearean literary devices, such as stage directions, extended soliloquies, and asides. The book portrays destructive obsession and monomania, as well as the assumption of anthropomorphism--projecting human instincts, characteristics and motivations onto animals. Moby Dick is ruthless in attacking the sailors who attempt to hunt and kill him, but it is Ahab who invests Moby Dick's natural instincts with malignant and evil intentions. In fact, it is not the whale but the crippled Ahab who alone possesses this characteristic.
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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), and after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, especially Moby-Dick, which was hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. He was the first writer to have his works collected and published by the Library of America.
Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, the third of eight children of Allan and Maria Gansevoort Melvill. After her husband Allan died (& between 1832 & 1834), Maria added an "e" to the family surname — seemingly at the behest of Melville's brother Gansevoort. Part of a well-established and colorful Boston family, Melville's father spent a good deal of time abroad as a commission merchant and an importer of French dry goods. The author's paternal grandfather, Major Thomas Melvill, an honored participant of the Boston Tea Party who refused to change the style of his clothing or manners to fit the times, was depicted in Oliver Wendell Holmes's poem "The Last Leaf". Herman visited him in Boston, and his father turned to him in his frequent times of financial need.
if it's a hard, cold beat
You can go dance every night
You won't get it shown
It won't be missing the spice
You won't know that it hit ya
Nothing'll make you win
Even the law won't fight
Yeah!
Looking to make your winning
Even if it makes you look nice
You got a sound that's nice
Watching the days go by
You can't go to the day lord's house
We don't have no doubt
We go to too many cocktails
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Grande Moby Dick, dove saranno tutti gli amanti che hai
dolce Moby Dick, nessuno ti ha baciata mai.
Grande Moby Dick, regina madre segui le stelle che sai
non fidarti della croce del sud, la caccia non finisce mai.
E danzerai sopra una stella marina
e danzerai colpendo al cuore la luna
Chi impazz? dietro a te non torn? mai pi?.
La sorte corre nella tua scia colpo di coda e vola via.
E danzerai sopra una stella marina
e danzerai colpendo al cuore la luna
Moby Dick, bada a te se t'innamorerai.
E vola via colpendo al cuore la luna
Chi impazz? dietro a te, non torn? mai pi?.
Non fidarti della croce del sud, la caccia non finisce mai.
Dormi Moby Dick, spegni le ali e dormi sicura se vuoi
tanto i cavalieri del Santo Graal, non ti raggiungeranno mai.
E vola via sopra un vascello fantasma
e vola via verso una terra promessa
Moby Dick bada a te se t'innamorerai.
E danzerai sopra una stella marina
e danzerai colpendo al cuore la luna
A noble king you ruled the ocean
A million years or maybe more
Before our hands had set in motion
The killing wheel of love and war.
You saw the sailing ships that found you
And thought it must be all a game
Until the seas grew red around you
Thtt water coloured with our shame.
Moby Dick
God wasn't on your side
Moby Dick
You had no chance to hide
For nothing's save before the human race
Moby Dick
Who's gonna take your place?
Before the whaling schooners caught you
You lived and died in peace of mind
What higher wisdom could have taught you
No one can win a race with time.
goodbye Moby Dick
you have to die
Although you've never done no harm
And when you're gone we'll all be wondering why
We killed a friend to keep us warm.
Moby Dick
Enough said
And enough bled
Enough, I said
Even the smallest wound complains
Of being kept open
Gasping for substance
A trustworthy dependence
If you have a heart
How much can it take
And how much of it is fake
Prepared to break
Enough love
Love and enough hate
Selfcontempt
It doesn't really matter in the long run
It always ends
With a whimper
And nothing left to offer anymore
If you have a heart
You know it's never simple
To make a wish and then
Go on like this
As if as if it didn't exist
As if it did not exist
Did you ever wish that you were
Somewhere else
And someone else
Did you ever wish that you knew
Exactly what to say and when
Did you ever wish anyone well
Meaning it well, I did
Prepare to break
If you have a heart
If you have a heart
If you have a heart
If you have a heart