Role Play

Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville

About this book

Nantucket, where a green hand signs onto the Pequod without asking why her captain wants one whale and not a full hold. Herman Melville's ocean runs equal parts scripture, science and nightmare — ship out for the hunt, or stand on deck the night Ahab finally explains himself.

Characters in this book

  • Captain AhabTall, gaunt, ivory-legged | brooding, god-like air | paces the deck with a rhythmic, clattering gait
  • Stubbsturdy build; pipe always in his teeth | jaunty, imperturbable air | hums shanties in the face of death
  • Queequegdark, tattooed skin; tall, powerful build | calm, stoic, and strangely polite | smokes a tomahawk-pipe
  • StarbuckLean, sinewy, and grave | steady, professional, and pious | meticulous in his duties
  • Flaskshort, stout, bulldog-faced | blunt, pugnacious air | aggressive in the hunt
  • Jonahwithered, slight frame; whale-jaw bar | cynical, mocking air | whittles toothpicks while he speaks

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