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what is the significance of the epigraph that opens this chapter

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why does the book end with this word

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what is significant about the rachel rescuing ishmael at the end

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why do the sharks avoid ishmael as he clings to the coffin

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ahab asks himself 'Is ahab ahab?

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why does ahab describe himself to starbuck as a cannibal old me

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why does ahab plead with starbuck not to accompany him when he meets moby dick

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why does ahab call himself a fool

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why do you think at this point ahab makes this revelation of himself? What might have prompted this confession of self?

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what key aspects of Ahab's early life do we learn when he discloses himself to starbuck

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what is the significance melville describes at the beginning of the chapter

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what do the final lines of pip's speech reveal about his relationship to ahab

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why does pip say to ahab "use me for your one lost leg"

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what does "there is that in thee too curing to my malady"

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the stage directions at the beginning of chapter 129

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what is significant about the art queequeg creates to cover his coffin

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how is it that queequeg comes back to life?

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what advice does pip give queequeg

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what does the carpenter place in queequegs coffin

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why does queequeg desire to be buried in the coffin/canoe

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what is the significance of the quote

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what were each of the whalers interpretations of the spanish coin

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what is pip's experience when he is adrift out in the ocean?

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how does pip get abandoned by the pequod and what is the result of this?

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