AnalysisofthemaincharacterAhabinMobyDick摘要:«白鲸»讲述了饱经风霜的亚哈船长与他的仇敌白鲸之间惊心动魄的故事，亚哈身上体现了令人敬佩的正义品质:百折不挠、英勇无畏、经验丰富，同时还具有令人恐惧的邪恶力量:偏执、自私、专横。他集正义与邪恶与一身，具有鲜明的双重性。关键词:正义；邪恶；性格双重性Abstract:«MobyDick»tellsusathrillingtalebetweenCaptainAhabandhisenemywhalecalledMobyDick.Ahab'scharacterisamphibious.Ononehand,heisindomitable、braveandexperienced.Ontheotherhand,heisbigoted,selfishandpresuming.Keywords:justice;evil;character'samphibiousness«MobyDick»writtenbyHermanMelvilleisregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.It'sanencyclopediaofeverything,history,philosophy,religion,etc.ButitisfirstaShakespeareantragedyofmanfightingagainoverwhelmingoddsinanindifferentandevenhostileuniverse.Thestorygoesroughlyasfollows.Ishmael,feelingdepressed,seeksescapebygoingouttoseaonthewhalingship,Pequod.ThecaptainisAhab,themanwithoneleg.MobyDick,thewhitewhale,hadshearedoffhislegonthemostasarewardforanyonewhosightsthewhalefirst.ThePequodmarkedagoodcatchofwhalesbutAhabrefusestoturnbackuntilhehaskilledhisenemy.Eventually,thewhitewhaleappears,andthePequodbeginsitsdoomedfightwithit.Onthefirstdaythewhaleoverturnsaboat;Onthesecond,itswampsanother.Whenthethirddaycomes,Ahabandhiscrewmanagetoplungeaharpoonintoit,butthewhalecarriesthePequodalongwithittoitsdoom.Allonboardthewhalergetdrowned,exceptone,Ishmael,whosurvivestotellthetale.Fromthestory,wecanseethatcaptainAhabisaherowhodarestofightthoughhefailedatlast.AhabisByronichero,amanwithconsumingdesiretotakerevengeagainstthewhalewhichhascrippledhim.Heisbrave.Thoughheknowsthatithasdifficultyinkillingwhale,henevergivesup.Hethinksthatmancanmaketheworldforhimselfandhetrieshisbesttokillthewhale.Althoughhefailsatlast,hisspiritualisrespectableandweshouldalsobeindomitable.WeknowthatAhab'scharacterisamphibious,andwenowmorefocusonthebleakview.Astheauthorisnegative,thestoryisfulloftragedy,includingtheending.CaptainAhabisatypicalMelvillean“isolato”,andatypicalBartlebywhoselipsareseteverforan“Iprefernotto”.Hecutshimselfofffromhiswifeandkid,andstaysawaymostofthetimefromhiscrew.H