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14 January, 13:18

Read the excerpt from Chapter 41 of Moby-Di*k. The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them, till they are left living on with half a heart and half a lung. What theme of the novel does this excerpt best address? nature's indifference to man man's indifference to nature the self-destructive nature of obsession the personal empowerment that comes from obsession

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  1. 14 January, 14:11
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    the self-destructive nature of obsession

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    The excerpt from Chapter 41 describes something that "men feel eating in them". It describes how they obsess over it until it consumes them, taking away their vital organs. In the book, the captain obsesses over the white whale. This obsession shows will destroy him just as it has destroyed so many others.
  2. 14 January, 16:36
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    C. the self-destructive nature of obsession
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