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Billy Budd: Perfect Character In Unjust Microcosm
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An allegory is a symbolic story. Herman Melville's Billy Budd is
an example of an allegory. The author uses the protagonist Billy Budd to
symbolize a superior being who has a perfect appearance and represents
goodness. Melville shows the reader that a superior being can be an
innocent victim of e ....
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....d with no sins in his
character. He lives a simple and serious life. For example, when Claggart
makes fun of him, Billy does not understand the "humor" in his statement.
(THAAL, pg. 2532) Another example that shows Billy's simple character
fearfully witnesses a flogging. Billy has never experienced punishment and
is afraid of this unknown. He is also naive about evil. When told, by the
Dansker, that Claggart, the master at arms, is down on him, Billy is
doubtful of the Dansker's words. He replie.... |
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