Captain Ahab

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Published on January 3, 2020 8:21:37 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jotD6tb_MY

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captain of the whaling ship Pequod. On a previous voyage, the white whale Moby Dick bit off Ahab's leg, when he was dying from blood loss he was approached by the Grim Reaper who promised to give him his chance at revenge which he accepted.he now wears a prosthetic leg made out of whalebone. The whaling voyage of the Pequod ends up as a hunt for revenge on the whale, as Ahab forces the crew members to support his fanatical mission. When Moby Dick is finally sighted Ahab get’s his revenge on the whale, but his mania and hunt for revenge doesn’t end there but continues on a one man mission against all aquatic life. Born April 7, Ahab was named by his insane, widowed mother, who died when he was twelve months old. At 18 years old, Ahab first took to sea as a boy-harpooner. Less than three voyages ago, Ahab married a sweet, resigned girl, with whom he has a young son. He has been in colleges and among the cannibals, and has seen deeper wonders than the waves. He has fixed his lance, the keenest and surest on the isle of Nantucket, in stranger foes than whales. Years ago, Peleg, now the co-owner of Pequod, sailed as mate under Ahab. During that voyage, a typhoon near Japan swung her three masts overboard. Every moment the crew thought the ship would sink, the sea breaking over the ship. Yet instead of thinking of death, Captain Ahab and Peleg thought of how to save all hands, and how to rig jury masts in order to get into the nearest port. Ahab long ago lay for dead for three days and three nights off Cape Horn, was involved in a deadly scrimmage with the Spaniard afore the altar in Santa, and spat into the silver communion cup. Last voyage, a whale, the monstrousest parmacetty that ever chipped a boat, bit off Ahab's leg, and the pains in his stump made him, never jolly, desperate moody. Adding insult to injury, Ahab is dependent upon a whalebone for a prosthesis. One day when sailing from England he gave a ride to a Native American girl, Rebecca back to the Colonies. Ahab is 58 years old at the time of of his revenge Peleg and Bildad pilot the ship out of the harbor, and Ahab first appears on deck when the ship is already at sea. Instead of embarking on a regular whaling voyage, Ahab declares he is out for revenge and nails a doubloon on the mast by way of reward for the crewmember who first sights Moby Dick, the white whale. Peleg refers to Ahab respectfully as a "grand, ungodly, god-like man" but he is also nicknamed "Old Thunder". Ahab being a reaper that killed hundreds of whales and thousands of fish, and dozens of sharks, and several octopus’s and squids, was stronger than 100 whales, could swim at speeds faster than 7000 miles per hour, he could breath underwater, see in the dark, and summon harpoons magically and throw them with incredible speed force and precision. As he continued on his quest to end all aquatic life, he was eventually confronted by Leviathan, the beast pulled him under the waves with a tentacle, but knowing about Ahab’s powers Ismael Peleg and Bildad waited as long as they could before returning home without him. Ahab was never seen again and Ishmael figured this Leviathan must be the most legendary creature in the world to defeat Ahab.