In Melville’s short story Benito Cereno there appear many of the same themes and dynamics as we observed in Moby Dick. Here, however, we do see women aboard: the “Negresses”  (as Melville calls them) or female slaves upon the San Dominick. In one particular moment, our antagonist Captain Delano sees one of these women asleep … Continue reading Doe and Dog in Benito Cereno