Please take a moment to complete this survey below
Library's collection Library's IT development CancelMoby Dick by Herman Melville has a complexity that
deals with worthy values about life: philosophy,
psychology, religion, myths and social norms. The writer
interests most to the philosophical aspect in Moby Dickr
because knowing that in expressing his ideas, Melville
has a certain pattern of philosophical thought called
Transcendentalism. It can be found through the character
of Ishmael, the main character and the narrator in the
novel. The writer will analyze his perspective in
viewing and commenting on things, such as the Nature, the
sea, the whale to find the elements of Transcendentalism.
He tries to find two aspects of Transcendentalism on
Ishmael's pers-pective: Individuality or Self Reliance by
Going Back to Nature, and the Multiplicity of Meaning in
Things, and the Vision to Underlying Unity. Ishmael's
comments on some objects and on Nature's phenomenon show
these two concepts of Transcendentalism. Finally,
Ishmael is person who considers Nature a perfect place to
practice his act of Individuality. Moreover, he thinks
Nature offers some multiplicity of meaning, and the
adoration to Nature is the unity behind multiplicity.
Through the character of Ishmael, Transcendentalism in
Moby Pick is revealed.