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Christian Allegory In Biily Budd, Sailor, By Herman Melville

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In the story of “Biily Budd, Sailor” by Herman Melville I did not really picture Billy Budd as a Christ-like figure. However, the author does use Christian allegory in the story, many of which, are cited in the footnotes. The story can be seen as good versus evil. The author describes each, Billy being of an “irresistible good nature” and “Claggert, in whom was the mania of an evil nature” (1617, 1609). There is conflict between Billy and Claggart symbolizing the conflict between good and evil. When Claggert attempts to discredit Billy’s good reputation Billy can not find the word to defend himself and punches Claggert so hard he kills him. The captain tries to right the body of Claggert and the author describes this scene, “It was
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