Moby-Dick
How does Herman Melville use imagery in Moby-Dick?
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There is a lot of sea imagery: each image of the sea brings its own set of images and meaning into focus. The elusive white whale, for example, brings the vast sea into perspective. The whale becomes a motif for the obsessions of Ahab. The sea, both cruel and kind, becomes a part of the imagination of both the sailors and Melville.