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by Herman Melville

Melville finished his masterpiece, Moby-Dick, when he was all of thirty-two years old. Still a young writer, he had crafted one of the most incredibly dense and imaginative works in all of literature, a book now praised by many as the greatest novel in English. But Moby-Dick failed, slammed by…

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what position aboard Rights of Man does Billy have?
Posted by jennifer c #241921
Last updated by: Aslan on Apr 07, 2012 4:22 PM
Answers: 1
 
Does any character in Billy Budd change from the beginning to the end?
Posted by lizette v #197345
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 31, 2012 4:01 PM
Answers: 1
 
Who killed Billy budd? Was it claggert, Vere or Billy Budd himself?
Posted by stephen l #240497
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 31, 2012 10:13 AM
Answers: 4
 
Should we read Melville's "Billy Budd" as an attack on the concept of / the realities of military discipline?
Posted by james s #235929
Last updated by: Aslan on Mar 10, 2012 9:50 AM
Answers: 1
 
what is the structural pattern employed by Melville to develop the action to its climatic form
Posted by mariam b #225243
Last updated by: tracey c #171707 on Jan 17, 2012 7:00 PM
Answers: 1
 
explain to what extent Melville and Hawthorn are consistence in the creation of their characters?
Posted by mariam b #225243
Last updated by: tracey c #171707 on Jan 17, 2012 6:40 PM
Answers: 1
 
explain imagery and biblical allusions in billy budd
Posted by mariam b #225243
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Jan 17, 2012 4:57 PM
Answers: 1
 
how the puritan influence manifestes itself in billy budd?
Posted by mariam b #225243
Last updated by: Aslan on Jan 17, 2012 4:05 PM
Answers: 1
 
what are the biblical imagery in billy budd?
Posted by mariam b #225243
Last updated by: Aslan on Jan 17, 2012 3:57 PM
Answers: 1
 
autobiographic material does in billy bud
Posted by naseeba k #220065
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 13, 2011 9:33 AM
Answers: 1
 
irony
Posted by j s #146205
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Nov 11, 2011 7:39 AM
Answers: 1
 
why must billy stutter?
Posted by anthony w #170065
Last updated by: Aslan on Sep 20, 2011 3:18 PM
Answers: 1
 
How are the names of the ships Rights-of-Man and Indomitable symbolically significant to the novel?
Posted by fernando v #201173
Last updated by: Aslan on Sep 20, 2011 1:07 PM
Answers: 1
 
How did Billy Budd enter the military?
Posted by tara m #192297
Last updated by: tracey c #171707 on Jul 11, 2011 5:10 PM
Answers: 1
 

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