Re: Droog on Rialto

[Bards keep <s0jswelc@atlas.vcu.edu>]

Poster: Bards keep <s0jswelc@atlas.vcu.edu>































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> No, Ahab represents evil. Moby Dick represents that illusive material
> object that drives some people to give up everything to posess that
> which can not be posessed. He is the essence of what the Hindi call
> Maya, the material world. That is, of course, existentially speaking. ;-)



> Corun> 
> -- 


I thought moby was the overwhelming and undefeatable power of
nature, which made Ahab the more tragic figure in the fact that
he was a mere human fighting nature, (sound familiar?) and that when
it comes down to it.. nature always wins... like Fran for
instance... 

or maybe both.. 

(or maybe we should bring this to alt.Ahab.Whitewhale.kill.kill.kidl)

Niall
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