captain ahab

     

This captain offers gold to whomever "raises me a white-headed whale with a wrinkled brow"

Trivia about captain ahab

  • In an 1851 classic this man cries, "Towards thee I row, thou all destroying but unconquering whale!"
  • Work those harpooning arms, or "thus, I give up the spear" will be your last words! & work those calves ...ok, calf, anyway!
  • 1851:The Pequod
  • John Barrymore played this role twice, silently in "The Sea Beast" & talking in "Moby Dick"
  • Starbuck openly spoke against this captain's mad quest
  • fake_leg@moby-dick.net
  • "Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying bu unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee"
  • The last words of this classic 1851 novel character are "Thus, I give up the spear"