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Bookmark or Share- Captain Ahab - WikipediaCaptain Ahab is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851). He is the monomaniacal captain of the whaling ship Pequod. On a previous voyage, the white whale Moby Dick bit off Ahab's leg, and he now wears a prosthetic leg made out of whalebone.
- Moby-Dick - WikipediaMoby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael 's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.
- Moby Dick | Summary, Characters, Author, Importance, & FactsThe ship’s captain is Ahab, who Ishmael and his friend Queequeg soon learn is losing his mind. Starbuck , Ahab’s first-mate, recognizes this problem too, and is the only one throughout the novel to voice his disapproval of Ahab’s increasingly obsessive behavior.
- Ahab Character Analysis in Moby-Dick | LitChartsThe “monomaniacal” captain of the Pequod, Ahab is a brooding, proud, solitary figure, deathly angry that the monster Moby Dick has eaten his leg. Ahab vows revenge on the animal, even though others, like Starbuck , warn him that no “revenge” is possible against a “dumb animal.”
- Ahab - CliffsNotesLong before Ahab's first appearance, there is an air of mystery about the captain of the Pequod.The owners hire the crew in Ahab's absence. When Ishmael inquires about the captain, he is told that Ahab is a man of few words but deep meaning; from the first, it is clear that the captain is a complicated character.
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