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After meeting this man, we learn his "ivory leg had at sea been fashioned from the... bone of the sperm whale's jaw" |
Captain Ahab
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$600 |
J |
ENTER THE LITERARY CHARACTER |
2024-05-17 |
#9105 |
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fake_leg@moby-dick.net |
Ahab
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$400 |
DJ |
LITERARY E-MAIL ADDRESSES |
2023-11-10 |
#8970 |
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He's killed in chapter 135 when Moby Dick drags him into the ocean after he gets caught in the rope of a harpoon |
Ahab
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$200 |
J |
LITERARY DEMISES |
2023-05-08 |
#1 |
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He's the captain of the whaling ship Pequod in "Moby Dick" |
Ahab
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$400 |
DJ |
LITERARY SHIPPING |
2022-05-27 |
#8650 |
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"The harpoon was darted... (he) stooped to clear it... but the flying turn caught him round the neck" |
Captain Ahab
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$400 |
J |
DEATH OF A LITERARY CHARACTER |
2021-06-04 |
#8415 |
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In this man's "Wife", Una marries the title whaling captain |
Ahab
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$800 |
DJ |
LITERATURE FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE |
2019-07-02 |
#8027 |
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In an 1851 novel:"Thus, I give up the spear!" |
Ahab
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$1,600 |
DJ |
LITERARY CHARACTERS' LAST WORDS |
2016-03-11 |
#7255 |
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This captain in "Moby Dick" has a wife & child waiting for him in Nantucket |
Ahab
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$400 |
DJ |
LITERARY CHARACTERS |
2012-05-11 |
#6375 |
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Work those harpooning arms, or "Thus, I give up the spear" will be your last words! & work those calves ...OK, calf, anyway! |
Captain Ahab
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$200 |
J |
LITERARY CHARACTER PERSONAL TRAINER |
2012-01-12 |
#6289 |
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"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying bu unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee" |
Captain Ahab
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$800 |
J |
WRONG ACCENTS FOR LITERARY CHARACTERS |
2009-01-01 |
#5599 |
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This Melville character's artificial leg is carved from the jawbone of a sperm whale |
Ahab
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$800 |
DJ |
LITERATURE |
2006-10-16 |
#5081 |
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fake_leg@moby-dick.net |
Captain Ahab
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$400 |
DJ |
LITERARY E-MAIL ADDRESSES |
2006-07-11 |
#5042 |
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This captain offers gold to whomever "raises me a white-headed whale with a wrinkled brow" |
Captain Ahab
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$100 |
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LITERARY QUOTES |
2000-01-17 |
#3541 |
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In "Moby Dick" this captain dies when a harpoon line loops around his neck & pulls him overboard |
Ahab
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICA LITERATURE |
1996-05-16 |
#2709 |