: Ahab views the whale as a "mask" for a malicious, reasoning force behind the universe that he must strike through to reach ultimate truth. The Biblical Figure: King Ahab
: He represents the destructive power of a singular, unhealthy obsession that eventually drags his entire crew—except for Ishmael—to their deaths. : Ahab views the whale as a "mask"
In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick , Captain Ahab is the monomaniacal commander of the whaling ship Pequod . : Ahab views the whale as a "mask"