Why Is Captain Vere Symbolism

Pat Conroy’s memoir, “The Water is Wide,” is about his life on Daufuskie Island, also known as Yamacraw Island in the book. Conroy spent a year teaching on the island in a little two room schoolhouse. The Yamacrawans were rural African-American people that by leaving on the island had basically no knowledge of anything beyond the island. Conroy tells of all the troubles he faced while teaching on the island and all the struggles he faced with outside forces. Conroy uses the setting, the title of his book, symbolism, and different themes to express what the year he spent teaching there was like.

A Devil-related/evil presence covered in "thunderheads of tobacco smoke," Captain Beatty is the clever, cruel (person or thing that irritates and fights with someone or something) of the story; he is linked over and over again to fire (which in the end kills him) and to the (unavoidable, already-decided futures) as represented by repeating card games. As leader of a fire company, he hosts a (bad/ harmful/ morally wrong) friendship with the slow corporate or government workerized book burners who follow his orders. (in a way where one thing represents something else), he drives a "yellow-flame-colored hard-shelled insect with black, char-colored tires." Like the Mechanical Hound, he noses out information, such as the pattern of (not being true

Internal conflict - I believe that the internal conflict that Meursault suffered was that because of his goal to please only himself, he put himself into a terrible position against society. His life throughout the story, was full of judgment from others because of the decisions he would make. I believe that the real struggle that Meursault faced was that he could never come to terms with the fact that his decisions and actions made him stand out against society. During his trial, he couldn't understand why the prosecutor regarded him with so much hate. At the end of the novel, he finally accepts his

want Billy to suffer with his extreme guilty until a martial court can see his

Herman Melville, in his epic novel Moby-Dick, utilizes the symbolism of the color of the Great White Whale to demonstrate his theme of duality. However, Captain Ahab tragically had a single mind set towards Moby Dick, as he believed that the whale was the symbol of the world's evil and had to be destroyed. On the other hand, Ishmael sees that the color white can mean many various and opposing things. It would be dangerous to settle upon any one single meaning. In the chapter, The Whiteness of the Whale, Melville explains the importance of duality of meaning in the world, as opposed to man's (and Ahab's) desire to see only one meaning in any one thing. Melville utilizes the symbol of the

The Captain of the ship struggles to maintain his ideal masculine self, but is seen as a weaker and an effeminate character in the eyes of his crew. He is seen as a stranger to the ship but most importantly to himself. “All these people had been together for eighteen months or so, and my position was that of the only stranger on board… I was somewhat of a stranger to myself...but I wondered how for I should turn out faithful to that ideal conception of one’s own personality”(21,Conrad). Early on we see that the captain lacks his masculinity and is not seen powerful and is insecure about his true self- his effeminate character. The captain wants to be like any other captain strong and manly, but struggles to be his ideal self, the great and powerful captain that every ship has, a captain that holds power in the eyes of his crew man. Other ways we see this was when the captain himself was commanded to close the porthole of the ship. “Close your port sir, they are washing

Although Washington could not describe himself as a revolutionist, his present state of external conflict forged him into the figure engraved in our minds today. Herman Melville (1819-1891), author of the literary classic Moby Dick, possessed much experience that contributed to the setting and message of his writing. Although Melville never became a midshipman, or naval sailor, he can attribute a great deal of influence for writing to his life while at sea. Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor tells the story of a young mariner and his induction on the H.M.S. Bellipotent. From unstable relationships to cabin revolt, Billy, the main character, faces a series of conflicts that ultimately creates varying images of him in the differing minds of those around him. In view of all of this, Melville, in Billy Budd, Sailor, communicates to readers the theme that “conflict, internal or external, exists as the framework of destiny,” through Billy's initial reaction to the crew as a result of enlistment on the Bellipotent, the rumor of mutiny, and his

His most famous book, Moby Dick, features the observant narrator, Ishmael, aboard the Pequot, a ship captained by the menacing one-legged Captain Ahab. Having lost his limb in a previous voyage to an enormous sperm whale named Moby Dick, Ahab scans the seven seas in manic search of revenge against the giant. Queequeg, Ishmael’s menacing best friend, and the rest of the crew are subjected to extreme jeopardy and later death due to Ahab’s monomaniacal disregard for bad omens and danger. The whale slices the boat clean in half and none survive to tells of its greatness except Ishmael.

In Hadji Murad, Leo Tolstoy employs symbolism to great effect, especially when it comes to the parallels between a “Tartar” thistle and the title character, Hadji Murad. The narrator describes the “Tartar” thistle he finds growing in a ditch at the beginning and the end of story, and the thistle becomes a significant symbol in two ways. The first is that it represents the life of Murad. The second is that the thistle mirrors the death of Murad. The thistle’s ability to represent both the life and death Murad makes it a vital usage of symbolism in telling the story of Murad.

The second character, Arthur Dimmesdale is the epitome of hypocrisy. Hawthorne intended his name to have symbolic meaning, Dimmesdale meaning dim or not very bright. Arthur might be bright in the areas of theology, but when it comes to hypocrisy, he is a fool. Dimmesdale says very near the beginning of the book “What can thy silence do for him, except to tempt him---yea, compel him, as it were---to add hypocrisy to sin?”(Dimmesdale 47). He knows what will happen to him if he endures his sin in private, but he is too weak at this point in the book to admit it. The tapestries of biblical adultery, which are found in Arthur’s room, are hypocritical. These are supposed to help him atone for his sins by making him feel guilty, but he feels no better. Arthur goes and preaches every week on how bad sin is, and how he is the worst sinner of them all. These partial confessions just make him more of a hypocrite. Dimmesdale knows how the parishioners will interpret these confessions; he is not blind to their looks of adoration. Dimmesdale enjoys

“Under the appellation of Roger Chillingworth, the reader will remember, was hidden another name, which its former wearer had resolved should never more be spoken” (Hawthorne, p. 107). Generally authors include symbols in literature to portray a deeper meaning of a person, place, or thing. In this case, Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter, incorporates a hidden meaning inside the character’s actions, personality, visage, etc. The symbolic meanings of Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, and Pearl come within the name which expresses the types of characters they are. For example, “chilling” serves as a synonym for the word “cold,” “dim” also means “strung-out” or “dark,” and “pearl” links to the ideas of “beauty” and “price” in terms of expense. And while these symbols may appear to convey a simple characteristic, they can change into either a positive or negative connotation depending on the symbolic meaning from the beginning of the novel. For Roger Chillingworth, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Pearl, nothing but that of their name describes the type of person they are. While Nathaniel Hawthorne includes a variety of symbols in The Scarlet Letter, the names of Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, and Pearl call for the most unique aspect of the novel due to the underlying meanings in their names.

The novella “Billy Budd” by Herman Melville is a 1924 ‘sea story’ that has underlying allusions to Christ and the bible as pointed out by many critics. Many have found that Billy’s life resembles the plight of Christ, as well as Adam, while Captain Vere is meant to stand as God, and Claggart is left as the role of Satan. These underlying character molds ultimately contribute to the novella as a whole and explore the dilemmas of their Bible counterparts.

Four varying viewpoints exist concerning what or who the mariner represents, the first being the superficial idea that he is simply the wise old man who imparts wisdom to the younger generations (Williams 1116). Going beyond the literal connotation, the most common and supported argument it that the mariner represents the Christian sinner. The diction chosen by Coleridge often alludes to Christianity, examples include “Christian soul”, ”God’s name”, “[i]nstead of the cross…about my neck was hung”, and “Dear Lord in Heaven” (Coleridge 1616-1632). Howard Creed believes that the mariner is symbolically a poet, due to the fact that he learns “the great truth about the world they live in” and then attempts to communicate it to others through the art of a story (221). The final possibility is that the mariner represents a mother. Repeated connection to conventionally female things like the sea, motherhood, spontaneity/irrationality, and nature begins to support this conclusion. The role of instructing the young, in this case the wedding guest whom “listens like a three years’ child” is also traditionally female, further developing the argument (Coleridge 1616). Overall, the poem is an exemplar at employing Coleridge’s idea of symbol to use the ordinary to show the transcendent, especially Christianity, yielding that the second option is the preeminent choice.

Not also that but Meursault is also constantly stubborn with others opinions and beliefs. It's not just the life of the main character, but it also views our lives as well. It can be cruel, unusual and rebellious if it’s not to society's laws and the absurdity of the human behavior has us doing these type of actions. The world and the point of being alive may not be entirely meaningless but conventional. Throughout the whole book, he is brutally honest about everything and his interpretation of virtues falls right into Camus’s category of his absurd ideology. Even though the author was an Existentialist, hes has more of an Absurdist thought put into his novel. Both of these beliefs are different yet the same because both relate to the point of being yourself. However, one rejects humanity and the other goes along with individual experiences and actions that are basically making your own

Herman Melville, in his renowned novel Moby-Dick, presents the tale of the determined and insanely stubborn Captain Ahab as he leads his crew, the men of the Pequod, in revenge against the white whale. A crew mixed in age and origin, and a young, logical narrator named Ishmael sail with Ahab. Cut off from the rest of society, Ahab attempts to make justice for his personal loss of a leg to Moby Dick on a previous voyage, and fights against the injustice he perceived in the overwhelming forces that surround him. Melville uses a series of gams, social interactions or simple exchanges of information between whaling ships at sea, in order to more clearly present man’s situation as he faces an existence whose meaning he cannot fully grasp.