Possessed by a thirst for revenge, Ahab risks his ship and crew to pursue Moby Dick across the world's seas.
Captain Ahab has only one objective: to kill the white whale that long ago tore off his left leg while they were fighting.
The exciting hunt of the white whale symbolizes the fight against evil.
Melville sought to provide a monumental play, inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Shakespeare, and the Bible.
The novel describes the journey of the Pequod whaling ship and is completed with long passages about whales and whaling.
