Fedallah’s Death and the Iliad
As I pointed out in class today, there are many striking similarities between the ending of Moby Dick and the battle sequence in the Iliad. The first connection is the presence of prophecies. While they are a normal cultural and religious aspect of Antiquity, the idea of something as supernatural as a prophecy in Moby … Continue reading Fedallah’s Death and the Iliad
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