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Herman Melville, wizard of the more iconic names in Gothic literature, saw the domain differently. Free from the Puritan rhetoric, Melville very much enjoyed the pleasures of the natural world. Melville traveled, and spent beat among Natives. In several accounts he described his favorable time amongst them, and showcased the thought process of noble savages beyond the borders of America. Without such tragedy to fuel him, Melville penned optimistic stories of post and excitement. The world wasnt a trap or a test, but a rich pearl oyster to be pursued and celebrated. True fame, or at least legacy, came later, with the publication of Moby-Dick. A darker story, but still fundamental with adventure, Moby-Dick was undoubtedly a story of tragedy. Ahab, the iconic captain in the story, was operate by an obsession to hunt down a whale that hurt him years prior to the storys beginning. Rather than accepting this as nature cosmos a bit dangerous Ahab, against the better judgment of oth er members of his crew, anthropomorphised the nominal whale, seeing it as a someone, not something, that wronged him and des...