Help with Questions Moby-Dick: several characters who seem insane
- Moby-Dick features several characters who seem insane. How does insanity re-late to this story? How do these characters contrast with one another?
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Ishmael frequently refers to the relationships between men in terms normally
used to describe heterosexual romantic relationships. What is the literal and
symbolic importance of homoeroticism in Moby-Dick?
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Describe the playlike scenes interspersed throughoutMoby-Dick. What is the
function of these scenes? In what ways do they differ from the rest of the narra-
tive?
