For this response paper the modern-day pop culture reference I chose was the episode “The Belly of the Beast” from Disney’s Phineas and Ferb. The episode begins with Phineas and Ferb attending the Danville Harbor Day festival, which is celebrating the day that the Danville citizens drove out the giant shark that had been terrorizing their town. Disappointed by the “shark” that was chosen for the reenactment of this event, Phineas and Ferb decide to create their own giant robot-shark. Naturally, as all Phineas and Ferb episode go, their sister Candace has to stop them! Candace and her friend Stacy enlist the help of Captain Squint and Squint’s boat to chase her brothers in the giant robot-shark. They spend most of the episode chasing the …show more content…
It was interesting that while the episode was definitely different from Moby Dick, the original story was referenced time and time again in such a short time frame. The first reference I noticed was the name of Captain Squint’s ship, the “Pea-quad”, a quick nod to the ship, the Pequod seen in the novel. The next reference in the episode took place during the intense harpooning scene, during Candace’s last effort at catching the giant shark, she yells, “from Danville Harbor I stab at thee; sake of busting I spit my last spit at thee!” This quote is a parody of the last words spoken by Ahab, also spoken during an important scene of the novel, after Moby Dick destroys the Pequod, “From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee..”. The last, smaller, reference I noticed in the episode was the nod to the time period in which Moby Dick took place. In the flash-back scene where the town’s people drove off the fiant shark, they were all wearing old styled clothing and speaking in an old-English accent. The citizens attending the festival in present day were also dressed in period-clothing for the celebration. While obviously the episode of Phineas and Ferb differs from the novel Moby Dick a lot, any person who had read the novel would have been able to pick up the direct references and seen the
On the first day the man on watch was sniffing the air and he declared that the whale must be near and Captain Ahab was frantic with excitement, constantly changing their course slightly during the day. Finally they spotted the white whale, and they left the ship into a small boat to hunt him. Moby Dick then wrecked their boat, but luckily nobody died.
Analysis: Melville's Great American Novel draws on both Biblical and Shakespearean myths. Captain Ahab is "a grand, ungodly, god-like man … above the common" whose pursuit of the great white whale is a fable about obsession and over-reaching. Just as Macbeth and Lear subvert the natural order of things, Ahab takes on Nature in his
"He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. (280)" At first glance, a modern reader might mistake this quote for that of a social justice warrior complaining about the patriarchy and not a line proclaimed by Captain Ahab in Moby Dick. However, as one deconstructs Herman Melville's classic, he will observe that this gaffe is actually justified. Despite originating over a hundred years before the equality movements, Captain Ahab symbolizes one of their ambassadors because of his hatred for the system that wronged him; his driving will to enact revenge; and being disdained upon for his actions. To commence elaboration, the first characteristic exemplified by Ahab that establishes his symbolism is his loathing for the body that ruined him.
A tattooed man he meets in an inn, named Queequeg keeps Ishmael company throughout his journey. At first, Ishmael is alarmed by Queequeg’s tattoos and brute like habits, but eventually he becomes fond of him. Together the two get on a whaling ship, known as the Pequod. The captain's name is Ahab. He is a rather strange character. The primary conflict of the story is that Ahab holds a grudge against Moby Dick, the great
... King references Moby-Dick but instead uses the name Moby-Jane. I found it funny when Changing Women and Moby-Jane were “swimming and rolling and diving and sliding and spraying” (248). Although I thought this passage was funny I had a hard time connecting it to the book. I would like to discuss how this connects to the book. I wonder if it is biblical reference to something. Another thing I found to be funny was the Dead Dog café. I did not understand its connection to the book but I found it to be funny that tourists would go there. Even if the Dead Dog Café sold actual dog meat why would a tourist want to eat dog?
In Moby Dick, it follows the accounts of a young man named Ishmael. Ishmael is looking for money in the whaling business, the same thing as hunting game, but for whale blubber and whatever else they have to offer. At a tavern, he signs up to go whaling upon a ship named the Pequod, under the captaining of a man named Ahab. At first, Ishmael thinks he’s just your average whaling trip, but soon realizes there’s a deeper story behind Ahab. Ahab’s true intentions are to find a specific whale called Moby Dick. The whale is famous for sinking hundreds of whaling ships, and one was Ahab’s previous ship. In that process, Ahab also lost part of his leg at the knee. As you can imagine, most of the story Ahab is almost insane. At nothing anyone calls
The 1970s consisted of many nostalgic teen movies from Grease to American Graffiti to Cooley High, but few hold up as well in the present day as the cult classic Animal House. Walking around a college campus, one can still hear students quoting lines from the film, or see a poster of John Belushi chugging a bottle of Jack Daniels in someone’s living room, or even see students wearing the infamous “College” shirt. Animal House is such a staple of college life, even with it being over thirty years since its release. Being able to relate to students throughout the different generations is the main reason this film has done so well for itself.
Once Father Mapple speaks about Jonah and the whale, it becomes clear that Herman Melville's 1851 novel has a connection to the Bible and Christianity. Melville fills Moby Dick with several biblical allusions, and the novel's main characters are linked symbolically to figures in the Bible. Melville alludes to the Bible in Moby Dick to mock Christianity. He uses his primary characters of Ishmael, Ahab, and Moby Dick to make God seem like a judgmental being who has no pity on sinners unless they obey him. He also portrays faithful Christians as outsiders who
Many people are familiar with Disney Pixar’s WALL-E to be known as a children’s movie. The film is mainly known for the romantic relationship between two robots, EVE and WALL-E. Even though the targeted audience was children, the film became a favorite to people of all ages. The director, Andrew Stanton’s main theme for the film was showing a robot being the most human thing in the universe. Nevertheless, the audience found other themes shown throughout the film. The three main common themes were protecting the environment, caring for human health, and realizing our dependence on technology.
Another biblical allusion is of the prophet Elijah and Captain Ahab. Elijah WARNS Queequeg and Ishmael of Ahab. Ishmael says he and Queequeg ARE boarding the Pequod because they have just “signed the articles” (Melville 68) and Elijah responds “Anything down there about your souls” (Melville 68). This conflict between Elijah and Ahab goes all the way back to the bible. I Kings describes the conflict between King Ahab and his wife Jezebel. Elijah tells Ahab that “in the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick they blood, even thine,” (I Kings 21:19), and that “the dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezrell” (I Kings 21:23). This allusion is significant for foreshadowing the destruction of the Pequod. In Moby Dick the characters names are not so different than names in the Bible and neither is the outcome of those characters so different.
When looking at the cycle of life one sees that creatures usually hunt others that are opposited from themselves. The relationship between cat and mouse is the apotheosis ot this idea, a classic case of one preying on the other where the two are looked upon as complete opposites. In Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" the whalers are hunting down the white whale. So according to my statement above this should make the crew members of the "Pequod" the absolute negation of Moby Dick. At first glance, maybe it seems this way, but in actuality the two are very similar. From the moment the crew members choose to embark on their voyage they become more like creatures of the sea than land dwellers. As the story evolves, the reader begins to uncover more and more similarities between the creatures on board the vessel, and those of the ocean. On top of this, as the characters progress and become more similar to their fellow ocean dwellers, they begin to actually show character traits similar to that of Moby Dick himself.
Herman Melville’s stories of Moby Dick and Bartleby share a stark number of similarities and differences. Certain aspects of each piece seem to compliment each other, giving the reader insight to the underlying themes and images. There are three concepts that pervade the two stories making them build upon each other. In both Moby Dick and Bartleby the main characters must learn how to deal with an antagonist, decide how involved they are in their professions, and come to terms with a lack of resolution.
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Beauty and the Beast Disney is an excellent example of a Media corporation as it is known
Beauty and the Beast is probably one of the most well known fairy tales that the Grimms’ reproduced. In it’s original form it was a long, drawn out story that was catered to adults. The Grimms’ changed the story to be more understood by children and made it short and to the point. Unlike many of the other fairy tales that they reproduced, Beauty and the Beast contains many subtle symbols in its purest form. It shows a girl and how she transfers to a woman; it also shows that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The one major thing that separates this story from all the rest is that Beauty gets to know the Beast before marrying him.