文档介绍：美国文学史论文系别:外语系班级:英语 111 姓名:张冬学号: 20110301415 4 The Symbolic Meaning of Moby Dick Abstract : Herman Melville is one of the outstanding writers of 19th century and he is known for his novel Moby paper provides a systematic analysis on the symbolic meaning of the novel from the aspects of its characters. Firstly it analyzes the symbolic meaning of Moby Dick Secondly it analyzes the symbolic meaning of the themes : human and nature. Lsat the sea will be discussed. Key word : Moby Dick sybolic meaning human and nature Contents Abstract..................................................................................................... 1 1 Introduction....................................................................................... .....3 2T heS ymbolic M eaning ofT heN ovel in Moby Dick.................. ...........3 2 .1 The Symbolic Meaning of Moby Dick............................................ 3 2 .2 The Symbolic Meaning of Captain Ahab........................................ 3 2 .3 The Symbolic Meaning of the Pequod and Sea............................. ..4 3 Conclusion............................................................................................. ..5 Bibliography........................................................................................... .. ..6 1 Introduction Herman Melville isone of the outstanding writers of 19th century and he is