Moby-Dick | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

The Spouter Inn - The place in New Bedford where Ishmael chooses to stay during the time he must wait for a ship to take him to Nantucket.

Nantucket - It is the original center of the whaling business and where the first dead American whale was stranded.

The Whaleman's Chapel - Where Ishmael goes to hear a sermon before departing on his whaling mission.

QueeQueg's harpoon - A whaling weapon that the cannibal harpooner uses for many things.

Yojo - A small black idol to which QueeQueg pays homage each night.

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