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• commandsWhaling Boats

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  Ahab is at the forefront of the chase, leading his 'tiger-yellow crew' in pursuit of his prey.

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  inscrutable Ahab said to that tiger-yellow crew of his—these were words best omitted here; for you live under the blessed light of the evangelical land. Only the infidel sharks in the audacious seas may give ear to such words, when, with tornado brow, and eyes of red murder, and foam-glued lips, Ahab leaped after his prey

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• commandsPequod

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  Ahab issues calm orders, indicating his command over the ship, after emerging from his 'dark den'.

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  and issued his calm orders once again

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• is obsessed withMoby Dick

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  Captain Ahab's entire being is consumed by his desire to find and kill Moby Dick.

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  Death and devils! men, it is Moby Dick ye have seen—Moby Dick—Moby Dick!

• ordersSteward

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  Captain Ahab instructs the Steward to prepare a large quantity of grog for the crew to celebrate their commitment to the hunt.

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  Steward! go draw the great measure of grog.

• ordersPequod's Harpooneers

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  Captain Ahab commands the harpooneers to produce their weapons as he prepares to formalize the hunt for Moby Dick.

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  turning to the harpooneers, he ordered them to produce their weapons.

• vows to chaseMoby Dick

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  Captain Ahab declares his unwavering commitment to pursue Moby Dick across all oceans and perils until the whale is dead.

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  Aye, aye! and I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up. And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out.

• will chase aroundCape of Good Hope

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  Ahab includes the Cape of Good Hope as one of the distant and treacherous locations he will traverse in his relentless pursuit of Moby Dick.

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  I’ll chase him round Good Hope,

• will chase aroundCape Horn

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  Ahab includes Cape Horn as one of the distant and treacherous locations he will traverse in his relentless pursuit of Moby Dick.

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  and round the Horn,

• will chase aroundNorway Maelstrom

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  Ahab includes the Norway Maelstrom as one of the distant and treacherous locations he will traverse in his relentless pursuit of Moby Dick.

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  and round the Norway Maelstrom,

• compares Moby Dick towall

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  Ahab metaphorically describes Moby Dick as a 'wall' that stands in his way, representing an insurmountable obstacle he must overcome.

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  To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me.

• attributes to Moby Dickinscrutable malice

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  Ahab believes Moby Dick embodies an 'inscrutable malice,' a malevolent force behind the whale's actions that he deeply hates.

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  outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it.

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• advances_uponStubb

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  Ahab advances upon Stubb with such overbearing terrors that Stubb involuntarily retreats.

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  Ahab advanced upon him with such overbearing terrors in his aspect, that Stubb involuntarily retreated.

• goes_intoAfter Hold

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  Dough-Boy suspects Ahab goes into the after hold every night for unknown reasons.

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  what he goes into the after hold for, every night

• usesIvory Stool

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  Ahab sends a sailor to fetch his ivory stool to sit on deck.

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  sent him below for his ivory stool

• usesAhab's Smoking Pipe

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  Ahab calls for his pipe and smokes it, though he later finds it no longer soothing.

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  and also his pipe. Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

• is_calledKhan of the Plank

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  Ahab is described with the epithet 'Khan of the plank,' symbolizing his authority.

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  For a Khan of the plank

• is_calledKing of the Sea

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  Ahab is described with the epithet 'King of the sea,' symbolizing his dominion.

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  and a king of the sea

• is_calledGreat Lord of Leviathans

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  Ahab is described with the epithet 'great lord of Leviathans,' signifying his formidable status.

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  and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.

• discardsAhab's Smoking Pipe

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  Ahab, finding his pipe no longer soothing, tosses the still lighted pipe into the sea.

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  He tossed the still lighted pipe into the sea.

• kicks_withAhab's Ivory Leg (Dream)

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  In Stubb's dream, Ahab kicks Stubb with his ivory leg.

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  I dreamed he kicked me with it

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• same_as01KJNXKZBGV5QSFPD19S2BQF68

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  Both entities describe Captain Ahab, the monomaniacal captain of the Pequod, obsessed with Moby Dick, and sharing consistent physical traits (lost leg) and roles. The properties and relationships align perfectly, with Candidate 1 providing additional consistent details.

• fightsThe Whale

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  Ahab is engaged in a final, hateful struggle against the whale, culminating in his death.

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  Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale! _Thus_, I give up the spear!”

• dies_byThe Whale

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  Ahab's life ends when he is caught by the harpoon line after darting it at the whale and is dragged out of his boat.

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  the flying turn caught him round the neck, and voicelessly as Turkish mutes bowstring their victim, he was shot out of the boat, ere the crew knew he was gone.

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• exercises_ascendency_overStarbuck

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  Ahab maintains a magnetic ascendency over Starbuck, though it does not encompass Starbuck's complete spiritual being.

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  however magnetic his ascendency in some respects was over Starbuck

• fears_charge_ofUsurpation (legal concept)

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  Ahab is conscious that revealing the private purpose of the voyage opened him to the charge of usurpation, fearing his crew could refuse obedience.

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  he had indirectly laid himself open to the unanswerable charge of usurpation

• considers_important_forCash (motivation)

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  Ahab acknowledges that 'cash' is a vital, permanent constitutional condition for motivating the manufactured man (his crew), despite their initial passion for the hunt.

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  I will not strip these men, thought Ahab, of all hopes of cash—aye, cash

• compares_crew_toCrusaders

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  Ahab uses the historical Crusaders as an analogy to illustrate that even those pursuing high ideals still require practical, daily gratifications.

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  For even the high lifted and chivalric Crusaders of old times were not content to traverse two thousand miles of land to fight for their holy sepulchre, without committing burglaries, picking pockets, and gaining other pious perquisites by the way

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• interacts_withPip

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  Ahab seeks philosophical conversation with Pip, believing him to be a source of profound insights.

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  Now, then, Pip, we’ll talk this over; I do suck most wondrous philosophies from thee! Some unknown conduits from the unknown worlds must empty into thee!”

• is_annoyed_byCarpenter

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  Ahab expresses irritation and annoyance at the persistent noise made by the Carpenter's work.

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  Will ye never have done, Carpenter, with that accursed sound?

• asks_aboutMoby Dick

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  Ahab immediately questions Captain Gardiner about the White Whale, revealing his singular obsession.

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  “Hast seen the White Whale?”

• refusesCaptain Gardiner's plea

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  Ahab unequivocally rejects Captain Gardiner's heartfelt request for help in searching for his lost son.

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  Captain Gardiner, I will not do it. Even now I lose time. Good-bye, good-bye. God bless ye, man, and may I forgive myself, but I must go.

• gives_orders_toMr. Starbuck

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  Ahab instructs his chief mate, Mr. Starbuck, to monitor the time and warn off all strangers, including Captain Gardiner.

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  Mr. Starbuck, look at the binnacle watch, and in three minutes from this present instant warn off all strangers:

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• ordersPequod's Carpenter

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  Captain Ahab commanded the carpenter to construct a new leg for him without delay.

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  he bade him without delay set about making a new leg

• ordersBlacksmith

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  Captain Ahab commanded the blacksmith to immediately forge the necessary iron contrivances for his new leg.

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  the blacksmith was commanded to proceed at once to the forging of whatever iron contrivances might be needed

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• attempts_to_graspLong Bone (Moby Dick's Jaw)

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  Ahab, frenzied and helpless, seizes the long bone of Moby Dick's jaw in a vain attempt to wrench it free.

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  he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe.

• falls_intoSea

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  After his hold on Moby Dick's jaw is shaken off, Ahab falls flat-faced into the sea.

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  spilled him out of it, as he leaned to the push; and so he fell flat-faced upon the sea.

• hailsPequod

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  Ahab, while in the water, hails the Pequod as it approaches the scene of the attack.

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  Ahab in the water hailed her!

• is_dragged_intoStubb's Boat

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  After his boat is destroyed, Ahab is dragged into Stubb's boat, severely weakened.

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  Dragged into Stubb’s boat with blood-shot, blinded eyes, the white brine caking in his wrinkles

• commandsAhab's Crew

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  Ahab, regaining his vigor, issues commands to his crew to continue the pursuit of Moby Dick.

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  Set the sail; out oars; the helm!”

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• inspires_awe_inPequod's Crew

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  The growing awe of Captain Ahab suppresses the crew's previous fears and forebodings, uniting them in purpose.

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  these were not only now kept out of sight through the growing awe of Ahab, but they were broken up, and on all sides routed, as timid prairie hares that scatter before the bounding bison.

• leadsPequod's Crew

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  Ahab serves as the singular leader, directing the unified will of the crew towards their fatal goal.

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  all varieties were welded into oneness, and were all directed to that fatal goal which Ahab their one lord and keel did point to.

• commandsStarbuck

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  Captain Ahab issues direct orders to Starbuck, his chief officer, who, despite some internal thoughts, carries them out.

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  “Mr. Starbuck, the ship is thine—keep away from the boats, but keep near them.

• commandsAhab's Boat

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  Ahab stands in the stern of his boat, directing its movements and the actions of his crew.

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  Ahab, standing rooted in his boat’s stern;

• usesBoat-knife

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  Ahab uses the boat-knife to cut the entangled whaling lines, freeing his boat.

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  Seizing the boat-knife, he critically reached within—through—and then, without—the rays of steel; dragged in the line beyond, passed it, inboard, to the bowsman, and then, twice sundering the rope near the chocks—dropped the intercepted fagot of steel into the sea

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• motions_plate_towardsStarbuck

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  Ahab, using his knife and fork, gestures Starbuck's plate towards him, indicating his control over the dining ritual.

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  knife and fork, between which the slice of beef was locked, Ahab thereby motioned Starbuck’s plate towards him

• is_part_ofFirst Table

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  Ahab is a central member of the 'first table' in the Pequod's cabin, dining with his three mates.

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  Now, Ahab and his three mates formed what may be called the first table in the Pequod’s cabin

• is_similar_toAmerican Whale Captains

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  Ahab shares the common belief with most American whale captains that the ship's cabin inherently belongs to them.

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  In this one matter, Ahab seemed no exception to most American whale captains

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• claims_ownership_ofDoubloon

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  Ahab asserts that the doubloon, the prize for first sighting the whale, belongs to him.

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  no, the doubloon is mine, Fate reserved the doubloon for me.

• instructsStarbuck

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  Ahab gives specific orders to Starbuck, telling him to remain on the ship while the other boats are deployed.

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  Mr. Starbuck, remember, stay on board, and keep the ship.

• commands_deployment_ofWhaleboats

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  Ahab orders the crew to prepare and launch three whaleboats for the chase against Moby Dick.

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  Stand by three boats. Mr. Starbuck, remember, stay on board, and keep the ship. Helm there! Luff, luff a point! So; steady, man, steady! There go flukes! No, no; only black water! All ready the boats there?

• leadsFedallah

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  Ahab is at the forefront, heading the charge of the whaleboats, with Fedallah accompanying him.

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  Ahab heading the onset. A pale, death-glimmer lit up Fedallah’s sunken eyes; a hideous motion gnawed his mouth.

• seizesPerth's Harpoon

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  Ahab takes Perth's harpoon from the bows of his boat, demonstrating his intense determination in the hunt.

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  seizing Perth’s harpoon, commanded his crew to grasp

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• hailsSamuel Enderby Captain

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  Ahab calls out to the captain of the Samuel Enderby, asking about the White Whale.

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  So cried Ahab, once more hailing a ship showing English

• inquires_aboutWhite Whale

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  Ahab's first question to the Samuel Enderby Captain is about the whereabouts of the White Whale.

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  Ship, ahoy! Hast seen the White Whale?

• possessesIvory Leg (Ahab's)

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  Ahab uses an ivory prosthetic leg, which is plainly visible when he stands in his quarter-boat.

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  his ivory leg plainly revealed to the stranger

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• destroyedQuadrant

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  Ahab, in a fit of rage or frustration, had previously smashed the quadrant to the deck.

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  the quadrant he had the day before dashed to the deck

• performsMagnetization of the Steel

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  Ahab initiates and carries out the complex process of magnetizing a new compass needle to replace the faulty ones.

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  out of this bit of steel Ahab can make one of his own, that will point as true as any

• usesTop-maul

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  Ahab employs the top-maul to prepare the lance for its transformation into a compass needle.

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  With a blow from the top-maul Ahab knocked off the steel head of the lance

• requestsLance

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  Ahab specifically asks for a lance to be brought to him for his experiment.

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  Mr. Starbuck—a lance without a pole; a top-maul, and the smallest of the sail-maker’s needles. Quick!

• requestsSail-maker's needles

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  Ahab asks for the smallest sail-maker's needle as a crucial component for his magnetizing experiment.

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  the smallest of the sail-maker’s needles. Quick!

• creates_new_compass_fromSail-maker's needles

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  Ahab performs a magical act to magnetize a small sail-maker's needle, turning it into a functional compass.

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  out of this bit of steel Ahab can make one of his own, that will point as true as any

• demonstrates_control_overCompasses

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  By successfully magnetizing a new needle, Ahab asserts his dominance over the previously 'wrecked' compasses and natural forces.

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  Look ye, for yourselves, if Ahab be not lord of the level loadstone! The sun is East, and that compass swears it!

• initiatesHeaving the Log

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  Ahab gives the command to deploy the log and line to measure the ship's speed.

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  Forward, there! Heave the log!

• reacts_toLog-line Parting

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  Ahab views the parting of the log-line as another challenge to his will, following the compass and quadrant incidents.

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  and now the mad sea parts the log-line

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• commandsAhab's Boat

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  Captain Ahab is the commander of his specific whaling boat during the pursuit.

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• usesWhaling Line

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  Ahab manages the whaling line, paying it out and hauling it in, despite it being snarled.

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  Ahab first paid out more line: and then was rapidly hauling and jerking in upon it again

• usesLance

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  Ahab, injured and unable to stand properly, uses a shivered lance as a makeshift cane.

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  Give me something for a cane—there, that shivered lance will do

• believes_himself_lieutenant_ofThe Fates

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  Ahab asserts his role as an agent of destiny, claiming to act under the orders of the Fates, reinforcing his relentless pursuit.

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  Fool! I am the Fates’ lieutenant; I act under orders

• is_pursuingWhite Whale

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  Ahab remains committed to his relentless and obsessive pursuit to slay the White Whale, despite injuries and warnings.

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  I’ll ten times girdle the unmeasured globe; yea and dive straight through it, but I’ll slay him yet!

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• commandsYellow Boys

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  Ahab commands the 'tiger yellow creatures', who are his powerful and dedicated crew, propelling his boat with exceptional strength.

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  Those tiger yellow creatures of his seemed all steel and whalebone; like five trip-hammers they rose and fell with regular strokes of strength, which periodically started the boat along the water like a horizontal burst boiler out of a Mississippi steamer.

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• is_captain_ofPequod

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  Ahab holds the position of captain, exercising authority over the Pequod and its crew.

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  in the important chief officer of his ship.

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• seeksMoby Dick

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  Starbuck points out that it is Ahab, not Moby Dick, who is madly pursuing the whale.

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  It is thou, thou, that madly seekest him!

• hailsStarbuck

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  Ahab loudly calls out to Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask to spread their boats.

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  loudly hailed Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask, to spread themselves widely, so as to cover a large expanse of water.

• commandsTashtego

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  Ahab shouts to Tashtego, instructing him to descend from the mast-head to retrieve another flag, a hammer, and nails.

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  he shouted to Tashtego, who had just gained that perch, to descend again for another flag, and a hammer and nails, and so nail it to the mast

• dartedHarpoon

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  Ahab, close to Moby Dick, darts his fierce iron harpoon into the hated whale.

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  he darted his fierce iron, and his far fiercer curse into the hated whale

• wants_to_savePequod

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  Ahab, witnessing the attack, desperately cries out to his men to save his ship.

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  Will ye not save my ship?

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• allowed opportunity to encounterMoby Dick

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  Despite previous warnings, Ahab permitted Macey the chance to engage with Moby Dick.

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  the captain himself being not unwilling to let him have the opportunity

• questionedMayhew

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  Ahab posed questions to Mayhew that led the latter to inquire about Ahab's intentions regarding the White Whale.

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  Ahab put such questions to him

• intends to huntMoby Dick

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  When asked by Mayhew, Ahab confirmed his intention to pursue the White Whale.

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  whether he intended to hunt the White Whale, if opportunity should offer. To which Ahab answered—“Aye.”

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• commandsHarpooneers

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  Ahab orders the harpooneers to produce their weapons and participate in his ritual.

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  Receiving the brimming pewter, and turning to the harpooneers, he ordered them to produce their weapons.

• appoints_as_cupbearerStarbuck

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  Ahab appoints Starbuck, along with Stubb and Flask, to serve as cupbearers during the ritual.

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  And now, ye mates, I do appoint ye three cupbearers to my three pagan kinsmen there—yon three most honorable gentlemen and noblemen, my valiant harpooneers.

• appoints_as_cupbearerStubb

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  Ahab appoints Stubb, along with Starbuck and Flask, to serve as cupbearers during the ritual.

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  And now, ye mates, I do appoint ye three cupbearers to my three pagan kinsmen there—yon three most honorable gentlemen and noblemen, my valiant harpooneers.

• appoints_as_cupbearerFlask

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  Ahab appoints Flask, along with Starbuck and Stubb, to serve as cupbearers during the ritual.

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  And now, ye mates, I do appoint ye three cupbearers to my three pagan kinsmen there—yon three most honorable gentlemen and noblemen, my valiant harpooneers.

• gathers_crew_aroundCapstan

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  Ahab gathers his crew around the capstan to begin his ritual.

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  I have mustered ye all round this capstan

• initiatesIndissoluble League

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  Ahab orchestrates a ritual to form a binding pact with his crew to hunt Moby Dick.

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  ye who are now made parties to this indissoluble league.

• retires_toAhab's Cabin

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  After the ritual, Ahab withdraws into his cabin for solitude and reflection.

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  and Ahab retired within his cabin.

• metaphorically_wearsIron Crown of Lombardy

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  Ahab uses the image of the Iron Crown of Lombardy to describe the heavy, painful burden of his leadership and obsession.

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  Is, then, the crown too heavy that I wear? this Iron Crown of Lombardy.

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• marriedAhab's wife (Mary)

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  Ahab married his young girl-wife when he was past fifty, leaving her the next day for his voyage.

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  that young girl-wife I wedded past fifty, and sailed for Cape Horn the next day

• sailed forCape Horn

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  Ahab embarked on his voyage, sailing towards Cape Horn immediately after his marriage.

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  and sailed for Cape Horn the next day

• chasesMoby Dick

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  Ahab relentlessly pursues Moby Dick, the hated fish, in a furious and obsessive chase.

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  branded Ahab gives chase to Moby Dick

• addressesStarbuck

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  Ahab frequently speaks to Starbuck, sharing his inner turmoil and observations.

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  Aye, I widowed that poor girl when I married her, Starbuck

• is_father_ofAhab's son

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  Ahab is the father of the boy, who awaits his return from the sea.

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  catch the first glimpse of his father’s sail

• initiatesShip's Course Alteration

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  Ahab rapidly orders a slight alteration to the ship's course and the shortening of sail after detecting a whale.

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  Ahab rapidly ordered the ship’s course to be slightly altered, and the sail to be shortened

• spotsMoby Dick

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  From his perch on the mast, Ahab is the first to sight Moby Dick, identifying its hump.

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  It is Moby Dick

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• discussesOmens

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  Ahab addresses his crew, asking them if they believe in omens and elaborating on their nature.

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  Believe ye, men, in the things called omens?

• pursuesMoby Dick

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  Starbuck observes that the Pequod's current course, dictated by Ahab, is directly aimed at continuing the pursuit of Moby Dick.

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  the very course Ahab is to run for Moby Dick?

• converses_withStarbuck

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  Ahab recalls having discussed omens and his broken boat with Starbuck on the previous day.

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  And yesterday I talked the same to Starbuck there, concerning my broken boat.

• laments_absence_ofThe Parsee

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  Ahab expresses dismay over the disappearance of The Parsee, reflecting on a prophecy related to his fate.

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  The Parsee—the Parsee!—gone, gone? and he was to go before:—but still was to be seen again ere I could perish

• stands_inscuttle

  description

  Ahab remained fixed within the scuttle, as he had on the previous night, gazing eastward.

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  slouched Ahab stood fixed within his scuttle

• exhibits_traitGod

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  Ahab asserts that only God has the right and privilege to think, while he himself only feels.

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  God only has that right and privilege.

• compares_growth_toGreenland Ice

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  Ahab uses Greenland ice as a metaphor to describe the resilient and ubiquitous growth of hair, similar to common grass.

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  between the earthy clefts of Greenland ice

• compares_growth_toVesuvius Lava

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  Ahab uses Vesuvius lava as a metaphor to describe the resilient and ubiquitous growth of hair, similar to common grass.

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  or in Vesuvius lava.

• laments_status_ofDoubloon

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  Ahab expresses frustration that the doubloon reward for sighting Moby Dick remains unclaimed because the whale is not yet visible.

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  The doubloon goes a-begging!

• advances_toHempen Basket

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  Ahab moves towards the hempen basket, signaling his intention to be hoisted aloft.

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  cried Ahab, advancing to the hempen basket.

• sightsMoby Dick

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  After a long hour, Ahab finally spots Moby Dick again from his vantage point.

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  Ahab descried the spout again

• recalls_originNantucket

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  Ahab reminisces about his youth, recalling seeing the sea for the first time as a boy from the sand-hills of Nantucket.

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  from the sand-hills of Nantucket!

• compares_sea_experience_toNoah

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  Ahab reflects on the unchanging nature of the sea, noting it is the same for him as it was for Noah.

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• seesParsee

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  Ahab wakes from his slumber and sees the Parsee standing before him.

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  Started from his slumbers, Ahab, face to face, saw the Parsee

• pledges_to_slayMoby Dick

  description

  Ahab expresses his unwavering determination to kill Moby Dick and survive the encounter.

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  I have here two pledges that I shall yet slay Moby Dick and survive it

• associatesHemp Prophecy

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  Ahab interprets the prophecy about hemp as a reference to the gallows, leading him to believe he is immortal on land and sea.

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  The gallows, ye mean.—I am immortal then, on land and on sea

• usesQuadrant

  description

  Ahab uses the quadrant, which is equipped with colored glasses, to take sightings of the sun for navigation.

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  Well that Ahab’s quadrant was furnished with coloured glasses, through which to take sight of that solar fire

• determinesLatitude

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  Using his quadrant, Ahab calculates the ship's latitude at a precise moment.

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  Ahab soon calculated what his latitude must be at that precise instant

• is_inJapanese Sea

  description

  Ahab and the Pequod are located in the Japanese sea, characterized by its effulgent summer days.

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  Now, in that Japanese sea, the days in summer are as freshets of effulgences

• destroysQuadrant

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  In a fit of rage, Ahab dashes the quadrant to the deck, declaring he will no longer use it for navigation.

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  Curse thee, thou quadrant!” dashing it to the deck, “no longer will I guide my earthly way by thee

• prefersShip's Compass

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  After destroying the quadrant, Ahab declares his intention to rely on the ship's compass for guidance.

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  the level ship’s compass, and the level dead-reckoning, by log and by line; _these_ shall conduct me

• prefersDead-reckoning

  description

  Ahab states that he will use dead-reckoning, along with the ship's compass, to navigate.

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  the level ship’s compass, and the level dead-reckoning, by log and by line; _these_ shall conduct me

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• gives_orders_forwhale_chase_strategy

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  Ahab dictates a silent and stealthy approach to the whale, ordering no oars and only whispers, to avoid alarming the creature.

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  Ahab gave orders that not an oar should be used, and no man must speak but in whispers

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• interacts_withCarpenter

  description

  The chapter details a direct conversation and interaction between Captain Ahab and the Carpenter regarding the new ivory leg.

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• comparesBlacksmith

  description

  Ahab refers to the Blacksmith as 'Prometheus,' drawing a comparison between the smith's work and the mythological figure who created men and animated them with fire.

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  What’s Prometheus about there?—the blacksmith, I mean—what’s he about?

• referencesPrometheus (mythological figure)

  description

  Ahab explicitly mentions the 'old Greek, Prometheus' and his mythological role in creating men with fire.

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  I do deem it now a most meaning thing, that that old Greek, Prometheus, who made men, they say, should have been a blacksmith, and animated them with fire

• ordersSteel shoulder-blades

  description

  Ahab, in a moment of philosophical and somewhat absurd instruction, tells the Carpenter to tell the Blacksmith to forge 'steel shoulder-blades.'

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  Carpenter, when he’s through with that buckle, tell him to forge a pair of steel shoulder-blades;

• mentionsPedlar

  description

  Ahab mentions a pedlar being aboard the ship, implying the steel shoulder-blades are intended for him or related to his 'crushing pack.'

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  there’s a pedlar aboard with a crushing pack.

• referencesThames Tunnel

  description

  Ahab uses the Thames Tunnel as a grandiose and unconventional model for the chest of the 'complete man' he fantasizes about ordering.

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  chest modelled after the Thames Tunnel;

• experiencesOld Adam (phantom limb sensation)

  description

  Ahab describes to the Carpenter the persistent, phantom feeling of his lost leg, which he refers to as 'Old Adam.'

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  Canst thou not drive that old Adam away?

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• inquires_aboutWhite Whale

  description

  Ahab's primary concern upon encountering another ship is to ask if they have seen the White Whale.

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  Ship ahoy! Have ye seen the White Whale?” But as the strange captain

• exhibitsmonomania

  description

  Ahab's reaction to seemingly insignificant events, like fish darting away, is attributed to his monomaniacal state.

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  yet, to any monomaniac man, the veriest trifles capriciously carry meanings. “Swim away from me, do ye?” murmured Ahab, gazing over into the water

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• did_not_solicitPequod

  description

  Captain Ahab deliberately did not request a dedicated boat's crew from the joint-owners of the Pequod, knowing they would not approve.

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  Therefore he had not solicited a boat’s crew from them, nor had he in any way hinted his desires on that head.

• madeThole-pins

  description

  Captain Ahab personally crafted thole-pins for what was initially thought to be a spare boat.

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  Ahab was now and then found bestirring himself in the matter of making thole-pins with his own hands

• cutWooden skewers

  description

  Captain Ahab solicitously cut small wooden skewers for the boat, used for managing the line.

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  even solicitously cutting the small wooden skewers, which when the line is running out are pinned over the groove in the bow

• addedSheathing

  description

  Captain Ahab showed anxiety in ensuring his boat had an extra coat of sheathing on the bottom for added protection.

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  his solicitude in having an extra coat of sheathing in the bottom of the boat

• shapedThigh board

  description

  Captain Ahab evinced anxiety in precisely shaping the thigh board (clumsy cleat) in his boat for bracing his knee.

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  also the anxiety he evinced in exactly shaping the thigh board, or clumsy cleat, as it is sometimes called, the horizontal piece in the boat’s bow for bracing the knee against in darting or stabbing at the whale

• intended_to_huntWhite Whale

  description

  Captain Ahab had already made clear his intention to personally pursue the 'mortal monster' Moby Dick.

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  he had already revealed his intention to hunt that mortal monster in person.

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• is_accompanied_byFedallah

  description

  Fedallah, 'the Parsee', maintains a constant, mystic watch alongside Ahab on the deck of the Pequod.

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  the Parsee’s mystic watch was without intermission as his own

• distrustsStubb

  description

  Ahab expresses distrust towards Stubb's fidelity, fearing he might willingly overlook the sight of the whale.

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  doubt, even, whether Stubb and Flask might not willingly overlook the sight he sought

• distrustsFlask

  description

  Ahab suspects Flask, along with Stubb, of potentially intentionally missing the whale he so desperately seeks.

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  doubt, even, whether Stubb and Flask might not willingly overlook the sight he sought

• trusts_partiallyPagan Harpooneers

  description

  Ahab's distrust of his crew extends to nearly all except for the Pagan Harpooneers, whom he seems to trust more.

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  except the Pagan harpooneers; he seemed to doubt, even, whether Stubb and Flask might not willingly overlook the sight he sought

• seeksDoubloon

  description

  Ahab declares his intention to claim the doubloon himself, signifying his personal quest for the whale.

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  Ahab must have the doubloon!

• constructsBasketed Bowlines

  description

  Ahab personally rigs a nest of Basketed Bowlines to create a perch for himself at the Main-mast head.

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  he rigged a nest of basketed bowlines

• usesSheaved Block

  description

  Ahab uses a single Sheaved Block, sent aloft to the Main-mast head, as part of the rigging for his personal lookout perch.

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  with a single sheaved block, to secure to the main-mast head

• assigns_task_toStarbuck

  description

  Ahab, surprisingly, entrusts Starbuck with the critical task of securing the rope that hoists him to the mast-head.

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  I give it into thy hands, Starbuck.” Then arranging his person in the basket, he gave the word for them to hoist him to his perch, Starbuck being the one who secured the rope at last

• is_warned_bySicilian Seaman

  description

  The Sicilian Seaman, posted at the Mizen-mast-head, warns Ahab about the approaching Sea-hawk.

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  “Your hat, your hat, sir!” suddenly cried the Sicilian seaman

• ownsAhab's Hat

  description

  Ahab possesses a hat which is 'slouched heavily over his eyes' and later stolen.

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  his hat slouched heavily over his eyes

• loses_possession_ofAhab's Hat

  description

  Ahab loses his hat when a wild hawk snatches it from his head, and it is never recovered.

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  Ahab’s hat was never restored; the wild hawk flew on and on with it

• is_compared_toTarquin

  description

  Ahab's hat being stolen by a bird is compared to the omen involving Tarquin's cap, though with a contrasting outcome of non-restoration.

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  An eagle flew thrice round Tarquin’s head, removing his cap to replace it, and thereupon Tanaquil, his wife, declared that Tarquin would be king of Rome.

• shunsFedallah

  description

  While preparing to ascend, Ahab avoids eye contact with Fedallah, despite gazing at others.

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  but shunning Fedallah; and then settling his firm relying eye upon the chief mate

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• addressesSperm Whale

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  Captain Ahab engages in a profound, rhetorical monologue, speaking directly to the severed head of the Sperm Whale, seeking its untold wisdom.

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• usesStubb's Long Spade

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  Ahab takes Stubb's long spade to prod and lean upon the severed whale's head while in deep thought.

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  he took Stubb’s long spade—still remaining there after the whale’s decapitation—and striking it into the lower part of the half-suspended mass, placed its other end crutch-wise under one arm, and so stood leaning over with eyes attentively fixed on this head.

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• huntsMoby Dick

  description

  Ahab's entire purpose is to pursue and destroy Moby Dick, which Starbuck describes as a 'heaven-insulting purpose'.

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  His heaven-insulting purpose, God may wedge aside.

• resides_inSternward cabin

  description

  Ahab is depicted brooding within his cabin, located in the stern of the ship.

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  dark Ahab after it, where he broods within his sternward cabin, builded over the dead water of the wake, and further on, hunted by its wolfish gurglings.

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• orderslowering of boats

  description

  Upon distinctly perceiving the white mass, Captain Ahab quickly gave orders for the four boats to be lowered into the water.

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  he instantly gave orders for lowering. The four boats were soon on the water

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• ordersCarpenter

  description

  Ahab instructs the carpenter to construct a new log for the ship after the old one is lost.

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  let the carpenter make another log

• shows_paternal_care_forPip

  description

  Ahab unexpectedly takes Pip, the mentally disturbed cabin boy, under his personal protection and promises him a home in his cabin.

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  Ahab’s cabin shall be Pip’s home henceforth, while Ahab lives.

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• threatened_withStarbuck

  description

  Starbuck recalls Captain Ahab having previously pointed the very musket he now holds at him.

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  He would have shot me once,” he murmured, “yes, there’s the very musket that he pointed at me;

• endangersPequod

  description

  Starbuck believes Ahab's actions will bring deadly harm to the ship and its company.

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  this ship will, if Ahab have his way.

• refuses_to_useLightning-rods

  description

  Captain Ahab, in his defiance, swore he would not use lightning-rods during the Typhoon.

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  did he not swear that he would have no lightning-rods?

• destroyedHeavenly Quadrant

  description

  Captain Ahab deliberately broke his celestial navigation instrument.

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  Has he not dashed his heavenly quadrant?

• navigates_byDead Reckoning

  description

  Without his quadrant, Ahab navigates the perilous seas using the less precise method of dead reckoning.

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  gropes he not his way by mere dead reckoning of the error-abounding log?

• observesSun

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  Ahab closely watches the sun's position for navigational cues.

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  he turned to eye the bright sun’s rays produced ahead;

• strikesSteersman

  description

  Ahab strikes the frightened steersman with his fist, accusing him of lying about the ship's heading.

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  Thou liest!” smiting him with his clenched fist.

• orders_course_change_forPequod

  description

  Ahab, after observing the sun's true bearing and the inverted compasses, orders the ship's course to be altered.

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  shouted out his orders for the ship’s course to be changed accordingly.

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• threatensAhab's Crew

  description

  Ahab issues a harsh threat to his crew, declaring he will harpoon anyone who attempts to jump from his boat.

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  the first thing that but offers to jump from this boat I stand in, that thing I harpoon. Ye are not other men, but my arms and my legs; and so obey me.

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• had_encounter_withMoby Dick

  description

  Ahab is noted for having experienced a particularly disastrous encounter with Moby Dick, an event that became widely recognized.

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  the disastrous encounter between Ahab and the whale had hitherto been popularly regarded.

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• experiencesMonomania

  description

  Ahab's torn body and gashed soul bled into one another, leading to a state of final monomania that seized him during the homeward voyage.

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  his torn body and gashed soul bled into one another; and so interfusing, made him mad. That it was only then, on the homeward voyage, after the encounter, that the final monomania seized him, seems all but certain

• roundsPatagonian Cape

  description

  Ahab, along with his anguish, was stretched in a hammock while rounding the dreary, howling Patagonian Cape in mid-winter.

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  Ahab and anguish lay stretched together in one hammock, rounding in mid winter that dreary, howling Patagonian Cape

• associates_delirium_withCape Horn

  description

  Ahab's delirium seemed to be left behind him with the swells of Cape Horn as the ship moved into more sufferable latitudes.

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  the old man’s delirium seemed left behind him with the Cape Horn swells

• dissembles_toNantucketer

  description

  Ahab successfully dissembled his true intentions and madness, so that when he stepped ashore, Nantucketers thought him merely grieved.

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  so well did he succeed in that dissembling, that when with ivory leg he stepped ashore at last, no Nantucketer thought him otherwise than but naturally grieved, and that to the quick, with the terrible casualty which had overtaken him

• huntsWhite Whale

  description

  Ahab purposely sailed on the present voyage with the sole and all-engrossing object of hunting the White Whale.

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  Ahab had purposely sailed upon the present voyage with the one only and all-engrossing object of hunting the White Whale

• is_served_byStarbuck

  description

  Starbuck is one of Ahab's officers, whose virtue was insufficient to counter Ahab's influence.

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  the incompetence of mere unaided virtue or right-mindedness in Starbuck

• is_served_byStubb

  description

  Stubb is one of Ahab's officers, characterized by jollity and recklessness.

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  the invulnerable jollity of indifference and recklessness in Stubb

• is_served_byFlask

  description

  Flask is one of Ahab's officers, known for his pervading mediocrity.

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  the pervading mediocrity in Flask

• leadsPequod's Crew

  description

  Ahab leads the crew, who are described as responding to his ire and being picked by fate to aid his revenge.

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  at the head of a crew, too, chiefly made up of mongrel renegades, and castaways, and cannibals—morally enfeebled also, by the incompetence of mere unaided virtue or right-mindedness in Starbuck, the invulnerable jollity of indifference and recklessness in Stubb, and the pervading mediocrity in Flask. Such a crew, so officered, seemed specially picked and packed by some infernal fatality to help him to his monomaniac revenge

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• overseesProcess: Mooring a Killed Whale

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  Captain Ahab issues the necessary orders to secure the killed whale alongside the ship for the night.

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  he issued the usual orders for securing it for the night

• is_obsessed_withMoby Dick

  description

  Ahab's grand, monomaniac object is to kill Moby Dick, and the capture of other whales does not advance this quest.

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  reminded him that Moby Dick was yet to be slain; and though a thousand other whales were brought to his ship, all that would not one jot advance his grand, monomaniac object

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• hasAhab's Ivory Leg

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  And here’s his leg! Yes, now that I think of it, here’s his bedfellow! has a stick of whale’s jaw-bone for a wife! And this is his leg; he’ll stand on this.

• studies chart ofOriental Archipelagoes

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  Starbuck found Ahab with a general chart of the oriental archipelagoes spread before him

• studies chart ofJapanese Islands

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  another separate one representing the long eastern coasts of the Japanese islands—Niphon, Matsmai, and Sikoke.

• refuses to useBurtons

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  Ahab explicitly rejects Starbuck's suggestion to hoist the Burtons to address the oil leak, prioritizing his own agenda.

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  I’ll not have the Burtons hoisted.”

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  Ahab seized a loaded musket from the rack

• threatensStarbuck

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  and pointing it towards Starbuck, exclaimed: “There is one God that is Lord over the earth, and one Captain that is lord over the Pequod.—On deck!”

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• observesQueequeg

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  turning away from surveying poor Queequeg—

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• gives_command_toDough-Boy

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  Ahab issues an urgent command to Dough-Boy, requesting the exact time.

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  Quick, steward!” cried Ahab. “Time! time!”

• hailsFedallah

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  Ahab addresses Fedallah, asking if he is ready, indicating Fedallah's role in the operation.

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  Ahab cried out to the white-turbaned old man at their head, “All ready there, Fedallah?”

• hailsStubb

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  Ahab loudly calls out to Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask to spread their boats.

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  loudly hailed Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask, to spread themselves widely, so as to cover a large expanse of water.

• hailsFlask

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  Ahab loudly calls out to Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask to spread their boats.

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  loudly hailed Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask, to spread themselves widely, so as to cover a large expanse of water.

• commandsFlask

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  Thou, Flask, pull out more to leeward!”

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• speaks toStarbuck

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  Ahab responds to Starbuck's query in the darkness, announcing his presence as 'Old Thunder'.

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  “Who’s there?” “Old Thunder!” said Ahab

• proposes installation onHimmalehs

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  Ahab declares he would contribute to raising lightning rods on the Himmalehs as part of a grand vision to secure the world.

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  I’ll contribute to raise rods on the Himmalehs

• proposes installation onAndes

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  and Andes, that all the world may be secured

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