Abstract: There are many Analyst who would contemplate that in the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, the whale is just half of what the novel is really talking about. Other analyst who looked deeper into the novel, presented that religion brings a total different understanding to the novel giving you a sense to realize what the whale (Moby-Dick) actually represents. Melville employs this simply by providing scriptures and rephrasing verses from the Bible into the text. Similarly to the biblical Ishmael, it's unambiguous that Melville's Ishmael also undergoes many dispiriting tribulations. Exploring how Ishmael have contradictory thoughts concerning the superiority and righteousness of his own religion throughout the novel. Melville ingrains different biblical references throughout the book, “Moby-Dick” which for a lot of readers, can give off the perception that this novel mainly focuses on religion but …show more content…
Stated in an earlier paragraph Melville’s character Ishmael has similarities to the Ishmael in the bible, who both in their lives had to withstand many dispiriting tribulations. Moreover, In Genesis Chapter 16, Ishmael and Isaac are the sons of Abraham, and they are half-brothers. Abraham’s wife Sarah cannot produce children, so she lets Abraham sleep with her maid, Hagar, who gives birth to Ishmael in order to fulfill God's prophecy for baring offspring despite the fact that Sarah was sterile. Sarah does cope miraculously to get pregnant in her old age, and she produces Isaac. Then Sarah persuades Abraham to deport Hagar and Ishmael to the wilderness so that her younger son Isaac can become the next leader. Hagar and Ishmael wandered in the desert, but God takes care of them while they are there and eventually they make it to safety. God blessed Ishmael, promising to make him a great