What does the magnitude of preparations remind the reader about this voyage? Coupled with the previous chapter, what sentiment does that generate?
Why does Elijah accost Ishmael and Queequeg again? Why these two?
The mysterious sailors seen in the mist are “Very dim, very dim,” according to Elijah. What kind of a being can be “dim”?
Previously, Queequeg’s tomahawk-pipe has only been used for what purpose? In this chapter we get the first explicit reference to its other job; how is the duality of the tomahawk’s nature symbolic?
What is the effect of Captain Ahab’s invisibility?
