ually abstained from patrolling the quarter-deck,” (Melville 122) and causing the crew grief. Chapter 28 speaks of all humanity being removed of him. His evil is shown mainly through his revenge filled efforts to kill the white whale, which adds to his madness. He has Perth, the blacksmith, melt his razors to make the barbs for his harpoon. He then asks Queequeg, Tashtego and Dagoo to give their pagan blood to baptize his harpoon in. Worst of all he baptizes his sea sword by “Ego non baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli” (Mellville 448) or “I do not baptize you in the name of the father, but in the name of the devil.” He later expresses his belief in a darker faith but still sees Moby Dick as the ultimate evil and the prize. Moby Dick is not the personification of evil by any means. Granted he did kill every man but Ishmael on the Pequod, and severly maimed Ahab, but couldn’t it all be called self-defense? If there were 3 little boats filled with men, 1/18 of your size, constantly stabbing you with long sharp sticks, wouldn’t you fight back? The whale shouldn’t just let the humans kill without a fight, like any other animal would. If anything, Moby Dick is the victim, not the murderer.Moby Dick is not the normal teacher fabricated “Christ Figure” saturated novel. Instead, it is a book with real Biblical reference and examples such as the forces between good and evil. It is demonstrated through Queequegs kindness and Ahabs insanity which cost the lives of most of the men of the Pequod. ...
