self-esteemandstruggle(编辑修改稿)

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the generally acknowledged masterpiece, and was praised as the symbol of the epoch. In 1917, Carl Van Doren declared in The Cambridge History of American Literature that MobyDick was ―one of the greatest ocean legendary novels in the literature of the whole world‖, which had been a great evaluation to the book. In Psychology and Literature, Carl G Jung believes that MobyDick is one of the greatest American novels. Obviously, we can know that the MobyDick has wined the high place in American literature. At present, many people have done some researches into MobyDick such as Huang Jing’s the tragic significance of the whale, Bai xihan’s on tragic essence of MobyDick, Cui Lingyun’s MobyDick: Lust and Revenge. But they mainly stay on the study of the symbolic significance and the tragic conduct with fewer analyses on Ahab’s selfesteem and struggle to destiny. They give a negative attitude towards what Ahab has done. They have ignored that losing face leads to all of Ahab’s crazy activities. In The Culture Interpretation of the Symbolic Significance in MobyDick Chen Qiuhong has mentioned that Ahab is a hero whose selfesteem cannot be conquered. Nevertheless, she did not make a further study on it. This paper is aimed to analyze and appreciate Ahab’s belief to selfesteem and struggle through his personality, behavior description, language description, and psychological description. This article will base on two aspects of the leading character Ahab: one is that he defends the selfesteem and the other is that he struggles with fate. At the same time, I refer to Zhu Guangqian39。 s Tragedy Psychology to elaborate Ahab39。 s heroic tragedy. In part one I give a brief introduction to the whole paper. In part two, I will give a brief introduction of the author and MobyDick. Therefore, readers will be able to understand the writer and his works easily. The part three is focused on analyzing the leading character’s personality. It is the personality of the leading character that leads to the tragic end. Through Ahab’s behaviors and words, it is clear that he struggles with destiny and defends his self esteem at all time. This chapter would help the readers know about Ahab in a new way. At the same time, it helps to explain why Ahab bees a crazy man. The part four would talk about the performances of struggle. It includes two aspects, namely, the performances of struggle on psychological activity and the performances of struggle with the society. From this chapter, we would know that Ahab is a real hero who is never willing to be controlled by the fate and bow to his enemy. The part five would discuss the result of the struggle. Every year, thousands of whale men are buried into the sea. This novel is also an example of the occupational tragedy. While facing the powerful enemy, Ahab never thinks of shrinking from it. At last, he is buried into the sea to which he has devoted all his life. In this way, Ahab finally releases himself. At the same time, it leads to another tragedythe tragedy of struggling with fate. The part six would conclude the whole paper. Ahab is doomed to be a tragic figure. However, it is Ahab who dares to sacrifice himself, and dares to enterprise, that we are able to understand more about nature. From this thesis, we would know that Ahab is a greater man with a notable spirit. Meanwhile, he is also a tragic hero. . 2 Melville and His MobyDick Herman Melville is the wellknown American romantic novelist in the 19th century. If we want to know about the tragic hero –Ahab in MobyDick we have to refer to Melville whose life is full of tragedy. That’s why most of his works are filled with a strong tragic color. His life is unsuccessful, but he has left the great works–MobyDick to the human beings. The tragic life of the author is doomed to portray his works with tragic color Brief Introduction of the Author Herman Melville (18191891) was born in a family that enjoyed good reputation in New York. When he was young, he had received a good education, as his family was rich enough at that time, thus he was able to go to the best schools. But when he was 12 years old, his father became insolvent and died soon because of the illness caused by anxiety. He had to drop out of school halfway, and threw himself into the society at an early age. To escape the poverty, Melville was forced to start the severe voyage life in 1837. The four years’ experience on the sea has widened his view and enriched his thought, which provides an inexhaustible source of materials for his future literature creation. That is why most of his literatures are related to the sea. It is the sea that gives birth to this great writer. No wonder he calls his fouryear voyage career as his‖ Yale University and Harvard University. Therefore, Melville has a deep affection to the sea. He has written successfully The Typee(1846), Omoo(1847), Mardi(1849), Whitejacket (1850), MobyDick (1851) , The confidenceman(1857), among which MobyDick is his representative writing. This works merges Shakespeare39。 s tragedy and romanticism into an integral whole. It has been recognized as one of the masterpieces in the world literature treasurehouse. Main Content of MobyDick MobyDick (1851) is the masterpiece of Melville, the wellknown American romantic novelist in the19th century. With the great vehemence of the tragic epic and the tragic artistic conception of Shakespeare, MobyDick molds a heroic tragedy character—Captain Ahab, who is a grand, ungodly, godlike man. The leading character of the novel Ahab lost a leg when he encountered Moby Dick, which seemed to be a great shame to him. So he pledged that he would spare no effort to take revenge on it. At that time, people b。