wounded whale
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- condition
- writhing and wrenching in agony, extreme exhaustion, blind bulbs for eyes, non-valvular blood-vessel structure
- description
- The immense monster of the seas, also referred to as Leviathan, being hunted by the Pequod's crew. It is suffering from multiple injuries and eventually dies.
- physical_trait
- bears a column of two hundred fathoms of ocean
Relationships
- bearsOcean
- description
- The whale is described as bearing the immense weight of a column of ocean on its back, illustrating the pressure it endures.
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- source_text
- how vast, then, the burden of a whale, bearing on his back a column of two hundred fathoms of ocean!
- is suspended byWhaling Lines
- description
- The great Leviathan is held by the thin ropes connecting it to the boats, an ironic contrast to its perceived strength.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the great Leviathan was suspended like the big weight to an eight day clock.
- hides fromPequod's Fish-Spears
- description
- In its agony, the whale attempts to hide from the whaling tools by diving deep under the sea's formations.
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- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- Leviathan had run his head under the mountains of the sea, to hide him from the Pequod’s fish-spears!
- breaks water nearWhaling Boats
- description
- After a period of struggle beneath the surface, the exhausted whale emerges within close proximity to the hunters.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- and soon the whale broke water within two ship’s lengths of the hunters.
- hasBlind Bulbs (Whale's Eyes)
- description
- The whale is described with grotesque, blind ocular areas, emphasizing its age and suffering.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- now protruded blind bulbs, horribly pitiable to see.
- capsizesFlask's Boat
- description
- Goaded by extreme anguish, the whale blindly retaliates, overturning Flask's boat in its death stroke.
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- source_text
- capsizing Flask’s boat and marring the bows.
- is transferred toPequod
- description
- After its death, the whale's body is carefully moved from the water to the side of the main ship.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the whale was transferred to her side,
- is secured byFluke-chains
- description
- The whale's body is firmly attached to the Pequod using strong chains to prevent it from sinking.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- strongly secured there by the stiffest fluke-chains,
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:02:08.245Z
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