who or what was Moby Dick?

Answer 1

its a pub on the a12 at chadwell heath

Answer 2

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

A White Whale

Answer 3

Moby Dick is the title of a brilliant novel by Herman Melville. The title comes from the nickname given to the white whale (Sperm Whale) the characters follow in the story.

Answer 4

A giant white whale from the book called 'Moby Dick'

Answer 5

It is closely connected to American Literature. There has been many books & even a movie on Moby Dick.

Herman Melville made it quite Popular & Intersting.

What is special about Moby Dick is it is the name of a WHALE, with unpronounced 'h' in it.

Whale Hunting has been considered as a Great Adventure Sport.

There are references to the WHALE in very many Literary works. Shakespeare & Milton talked about it in their works.

Everyone is interested in knowing about this sea animal as big as a small island! Its deceptive nature. Sailors landing on them thinking it was an island & getting drowned when the whale goes into water.

MOBY DICK is interesting to all, young & old, Learned & stupid, knowledgeable & naive.

Source : Web Search & Star Notes

Answer 6

Moby Dick was a whale in a novel by Herman Mellville.

Moby-Dick[1] is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville about a whaling voyage. Moby-Dick's style is in the Romanticism school with descriptions in intricate, imaginative, and varied prose about all aspects of whale-hunting. The narrator's reflections interweave the story's themes with a huge swath of Western literature, history, religion, mythology, philosophy, and science

Answer 7

Moby Dick (by Herman Melville (c) 1851) was a Sperm Whale. Moby Dick rammed and sunk a whaling vessel in the South Pacific leaving the crew to survive in their small launches with virtually no provisions.

The book is fictional although loosely based on the tragedy of the whaleship Essex. In fact, Herman Melville's uncle was a survivor from the whaleship Essex and it is likely Herman Melville heard the story of the Essex many times.

The Essex was whaling in the Pacific during 1819. During one hunt when most of the crew had left the ship in small launches to pursue a whale, a sperm whale rammed their ship and sunk it. According to eye witness accounts, the ramming was seemingly intentional and malicious -- as if the whale was knowingly and brutally attacking the threatening whaleship. The Essex sunk leaving the crew in small launches in the middle of the Pacific. Their story of survival is one of the great maritime survival stories which like most is wrought with tragedy. Of the tens of men on board the Essex, only a handful survive.

Nathaniel Philbrick wrote an excellent account of the whaleship Essex in his book, In the Heart of the Sea (c) 2000. I recommend reading both Moby Dick which is the fictional story as well as In the Heart of the Sea which provides a wonderful non-fictional backdrop for the story.

Or, perhaps you mean the Led Zeppelin song Moby Dick with the illustrious drum solo.

Answer 8

He was a whale in a book by Herman Melville called Moby Dick.

Answer 9

A white whale that was being pursued by Captain Ahab in the book titled moby dick

Answer 10

Moby Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. It is about an albino sperm whale named Mody Dick. The main characters in the book are trying to catch it. Its the original Jaws if you will.

Answer 11

He was a larger-than-usual white sperm whale who liked to destroy whaling ships in Herman Melville's novel by the same name. You can't really blame him, considering the circumstances. Also, the title of the novel, but not the actual name of the whale, has a hyphen in it. Moby-Dick instead of Moby Dick. Wierd.