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His bone leg steadied in that hole; one arm elevated, and holding by a shroud; Captain Ahab stood erect, looking straight out beyond the ship’s ever pitching prow. There was an infinity of firmest fortitude, a determinate, unsurrenderable willfulness, in the fixed and fearless, forward dedication of that glance.Which best describes the theme Melville develops in this excerpt from the chapter?

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chuyjesc

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Obsession

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This is because the writer wants the reader to learn that Captain Ahab's fight with the whale, was beyond anyone's understanding, the captain was determined to either capture or end the whale's life, even if he had to give his own, because that whale had make him suffer for a long time and it had been tormenting many other ships.

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obsession

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