【正文】 hero who is never willing to be controlled by the fate and bow to his enemy. The part five would discuss the result of the struggle. Every year, thousands of whale men are buried into the sea. This novel is also an example of the occupational tragedy. While facing the powerful enemy, Ahab never thinks of shrinking from it. At last, he is buried into the sea to which he has devoted all his life. In this way, Ahab finally releases himself. At the same time, it leads to another tragedythe tragedy of struggling with fate. The part six would conclude the whole paper. Ahab is doomed to be a tragic figure. However, it is Ahab who dares to sacrifice himself, and dares to enterprise, that we are able to understand more about nature. From this thesis, we would know that Ahab is a greater man with a notable spirit. Meanwhile, he is also a tragic hero. . 2 Melville and His MobyDick Herman Melville is the wellknown American romantic novelist in the 19th century. If we want to know about the tragic hero –Ahab in MobyDick we have to refer to Melville whose life is full of tragedy. That’s why most of his works are filled with a strong tragic color. His life is unsuccessful, but he has left the great works–MobyDick to the human beings. The tragic life of the author is doomed to portray his works with tragic color Brief Introduction of the Author Herman Melville (18191891) was born in a family that enjoyed good reputation in New York. When he was young, he had received a good education, as his family was rich enough at that time, thus he was able to go to the best schools. But when he was 12 years old, his father became insolvent and died soon because of the illness caused by anxiety. He had to drop out of school halfway, and threw himself into the society at an early age. To escape the poverty, Melville was forced to start the severe voyage life in 1837. The four years’ experience on the sea has widened his view and enriched his thought, which provides an inexhaustible source of materials for his future literature creation. That is why most of his literatures are related to the sea. It is the sea that gives birth to this great writer. No wonder he calls his fouryear voyage career as his‖ Yale University and Harvard University. Therefore, Melville has a deep affection to the sea. He has written successfully The Typee(1846), Omoo(1847), Mardi(1849), Whitejacket (1850), MobyDick (1851) , The confidenceman(1857), among which MobyDick is his representative writing. This works merges Shakespeare39。 the desolation of solitude it has been。s exclusiveness, which admits but small entrance to any sympathy from the green country without oh, weariness! heaviness! Guineacoast slavery of solitary mand! What a forty years39。s lonely cry with wails. Moby Dick was just like an invisible wall. It had imprisoned stubbornly this old person above the vast sea, while this pitiful man had already experienced quite a lot. For many times, Ahab closed himself in the captain cabin and thought about how to take revenge to Moby Dick. Under such circumstances, how can one let the old captain not feel wretched and helpless? Due to the pain caused by the loss of the leg, Ahab could not walk out of the humiliation of loss of dignity。 all my means are sane, my motive and my object mad.” [3] (p261) It is mainly because of this kind of motivation and crazy purpose, some horrible power reveals in Ahab—craziness. What he said and what he did eloquently demonstrated his paranoid personality. When Starbuck told Ahab that the fire on his javelin meant that god was against him, and persuaded him to give up the goal of killing Moby Dick, Ahab cursed Starbuck loudly. He shouted that anyone who dared to lax the rope end would be pierced by his javelin. In Ahab39。s flames before I give him up. [4] (p227) Ahab understands that it is impossible for him to stop the crazy pursuit。s destroy. To some extent, this kind of destroy undoubtedly means that Ahab is able to be free from the mental torture forever. He has forsaken the peaceful land for forty years, and made war on the horrors of the deep for forty years! He has a notable spirit[5] (p336) He has experienced all sorts of hardships, but he is always full of spirit and fights bravely without fear. Ahab owns the indomitable spirit of the human beings, just as what Emerson writes in the Heroism, The hero cannot be mediocre。s room. Any place Moby Dick might appear, Ahab will see to it and never miss the chance to kill it. However, Moby Dick has a kind of mysterious and supernatural force. At that time, it is impossible for people to get to know Moby Dick. Therefore, Ahab must, first of all, have the courage and perseverance to endure all sorts of unfortunate things in this struggle. And then he is able to fight with a much more powerful enemy to defend his own dignity. Ahab dares to break the convention to eradicate Moby Dick, which is much more powerful than him. It forms a sharp contrast with the Christian coward Starbuck. While facing the powerful Moby Dick, Starbuck has chosen the method of a stepbystep concession. In the course of struggling with Moby Dick, we can see his retreat everywhere. But Ahab displays that he dares to do whatever he wants to do. I39。s attempts to dissuade him, Ahab still sailed against the wind and dashed to the point of the sea where Moby Dick appeared. The inner conflict got out of his hand with the approach of Moby Dick, but Ahab still made unremitting efforts to challenge it and tried his best to beat it down. Finally， Ahab fulfilled his longcherished wish: killing Moby Dick for revenge. He found his spiritual destination in the end. In the face of misfortune, Ahab3