An A n a l y s i s o f C a p t a i n A h a b ' s P s y c h o l o g y I n H e r m a n M e l v i l l e ' s " M o b y – D i c k ”

by:  Johny Sugiono

Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya

Abstract

This study is about the analysis of characters psychology in Herman Moby Dick as seen through the main Character called Captain Ahab. It is also to find the psychology characters of Captain Ahab who wants to kill the white whale to finishing his obsession and deadly revenge. It is also known from captain attitude, that the captain has some or many bad personalities because of the effect from what happened in the passed time in his last voyages. Until he decided to hunt that white whale again, but it became no more rational and not in health minds, just only ambitious and obsession feel. Unexpectedly, it would made him and his crew-ships drove to the deadly ending life, no one has alive just Ishmael who is still alive. 

Keywords : psychology, personalities, and character.