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1、AcknowledgementsThanks for giving me this chance to achieve this paper and to make the conclusion for my four years education. Through writing this paper, I have gained more knowledge than I supposed.My sincere thanks are due to my supervisor, Ms. Lv Qianping for helping me to clarify my thought and
2、 sharpen my thinking. Her corrections and suggestions make me get great progress in writing this thesis. I am also grateful for her encouragements.Here, I also want to give my thanks to other teachers and my classmates who have given me much help in the past four years. Thank you very much.AbstractH
3、ermanMelville is an important writer who enjoys great prestige in American literature in 19th. Moby Dick is one of the most outstanding works and is regarded as an American epic. This novel describes a story happened on the sea that Captain Ahab pursues a white whale in order to revenge. At the same
4、 time, the author uses many archetypes and archetypal events to show the brave and arrogant Ahab by depicting the hard struggle between him and the whale.This paper aims to apply the archetypal criticism of some representatives such as Frye, Jung and so on to contrast and analyze Captain Ahab and hi
5、s archetype-King Ahab in Bible. And this paper is divided into four parts. The first part mainly introduces about Melville such as his lifetime and sailing experience. Besides, the major characters, crucial plots and the influence produced by Moby Dick are also introduced in this part; the second pa
6、rt introduces the archetypal criticism including the definition and the utilization of archetype in this work; the third part is the core of the paper and it mainly explores the characteristics and destiny of Captain Ahab and his archetype-King Ahab in Bible. Whats more, the similarities between the
7、m in character and fortune are demonstrated through detail description; in the last part, the paper firstly summarizes the application of archetypal criticism and then deepens the theme: we should obey the rules of nature and get along with it harmoniously rather than conquering it.It is helpful for
8、 readers to understand Captain Ahab and his archetype-King Ahab by using some certain theories. In the end, it will arouse the readers resonance.Key Words: Melville; archetype; archetypal criticism; Captain Ahab摘 要赫尔曼麦尔维尔是19世纪享誉美国文坛的重要作家，白鲸是他杰出的作品之一同时也被称作美国史诗。在这部小说中作者描述了船长亚哈为追捕一只白鲸进行复仇的漫长海上的故事并引用了很多
9、原型和原型事件通过描写亚哈船长与白鲸殊死搏斗展示他勇敢无畏又狂妄自大的一面。本文旨在运用弗莱和荣格等的原型批评理论对亚哈船长和他在圣经中的原型亚哈王进行对比分析，从而了解亚哈船长与亚哈王命运与性格的异同。本文总共分为四个部分。第一部分简要介绍赫尔曼麦尔维尔的生平和航海经历及其主要作品，并对白鲸的主要人物和情节进行介绍并分析了该作品产生的影响；然后第二部分介绍原型批评理论，其中包括原型的定义以及代表人物的理论思想在作品中的运用；第三部分是本文的核心，主要探究小说中具有代表性的人物-亚哈船长和其在圣经中的原型亚哈王的性格特点极其命运，通过细节描写对比分析了两个人物在性格命运方面的相同之处；最后一部
10、分是对全文的总结，先总结了原型理论在这部作品中的运用然后升华主题:我们应该遵守自然法则，与自然和谐相处而不是想着去征服它一定理论的运用有助于读者更好地理解亚哈船长与其所暗含的圣经原型亚哈王然后引起共鸣。关键词：麦尔维尔；原型；原型理论；船长亚哈ContentsTOC o 1-3 h u HYPERLINK l _Toc3672 1. Introduction 11.1 Introduction of the Author 11.2 Introduction of the Work 22. Archetypal Criticism 32.1 The Definition of Archetype
11、 32.2 The Use of Archetypal Theories in Moby Dick 53. The Contrast Between Captain Ahab and King Ahab 73.1 Similar Character 83.1.1 Arrogant Captain Ahab 83.1.2 Evil and Cruel King Ahab 103.2 Same Destiny 113.2.1 Drown in the Sea in Moby Dick 113.2.2 Shot in the War in Bible 134. Conclusion 14Biblio
12、graphy 15Archetypal Analysis on Captain Ahab in Bible1. IntroductionMelville is famous for his several books and Moby Dick is one of his classic works in American literature. Not only the author but his works have great impact on that moment. This part will introduce Melville and Moby Dick, which wi
13、ll give readers more understanding about them.1.1 Introduction of the AuthorHerman Melville is one of the greatest novelists, essayists and poets in American literature in the 19th century. He enjoys equal popularity with Nathaniel Hawthorne, however he didnt draw attention until he was dead at that
14、 time. In the 1920s, he became famous and was generally considered as an influential writer.Melvilles youth was filled with dream of romance, which became the perfect sources of his earliest books.He was born in a poor family in New York in 1819. Times were so hard that he hardly received formal edu
15、cation after the age of fifteen. Nonetheless, he naturally preferred to venture and his adventures led to his literary career. In fact, he also owed his success to reading. Coopers novels had stirred him when he was a little boy. Most of his books related to his experience on the sea. Typee was a ro
16、manticized record of his stay in Polynesians and he wrote Billy Budd for his naval experience in 1924. Of course, Melville wasnt able to be content with narrating adventures because deep questions of spirit always were marked in his mind. Having absorbed Shakespeares humanistic conception, Melville began to break up the narrative form used in his earlier work with the help of Hawthorne, finally he creat
