THE EFFECTS OF STARBUCK’S EXCESSIVE GREED: AN ECOCRITICAL STUDY OF MOBY-DICK

Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, a whaling story at the surface, wrenches out from its confines deep-seated dilemma in human–nature relationship. Like all other characters, Starbuck, ship’s first mate, has loosely bound but matter–of–fact association to Moby Dick, white whale. His attitude towards Dick is one of what he holds as general outlook Unlike Captain Ahab, not obsessed with that particular animal. He commoditizes it, and thereby takes an anthropocentric stance sets himself on mission hunt down great beast. The questions, however, remain whether his approach whale(s) justifiable counterstrike he, together shipmates, faces end novel any connection such or not. This paper intends address issues perspective animal studies.