Comparing Frankenstein And Moby Dick

The books “Frankenstein” by Shelly and “Moby dick” by Melville, both of these pieces of work shows very good example of how a man could be an exceptional individual and at the same time obsessed with evil tasks in their life. There's a limit in man's ability that they shouldn't cross otherwise followed by worst consequence. Although Moby Dick and Frankenstein have a lot in common, there's a lot of places in the story where the characters in the book handle situations differently. The main theme that pops out the most was the misuse of the power all along the story. On one side where Shelly's Frankenstein(1818) represents many of the discoveries done in the field of science at that time and show her intuitive perspective on science, Melville's Moby Dick(1851) takes on a psychological approach. Melville talks about sky and sea being heaven and hell of this earth and the only thing that can interferes with it is god. Shelly view science to be a powerful entity but at the same time recognizes that it should be used in controllable manner.

Captain Ahab, one of the most prominent character of Melville, emerges in the story as a “demoniac, madness maddened!”(Melville, 147). He is the monomaniacal and dominating leader of the whaling ship. In chapter “Knight and Squires” Ishmael notes that, “In that grand order of battle in which Captain Ahab would presently marshal his forces to descend on the whales”(Melville, 106). He is acting as if everyone on this ship are his slaves and he is the master of them all. Although having a captain on the ship is necessary for Pequod to function well but this hierarchy structure on the boat gave Ahab most of the power and he is mis-using this power to steer the whole mission of the ship towards a single whale, Moby Dick. He just want to take his