Moby-Dick

What do Starbuck and Captain Ahab have in common? What does Starbuck represent to Captain Ahab?

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They are both seafaring men. Given their different personalities and levels of self-control, Ahab and Starbuck symbolize different levels of the human psyche. Ahab represents man's emotional side, and Starbuck represents man's reasonable side.