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1 Introduction
2 Melville and the religious milieu of his time
3 Scepticism and bigotry in Moby-Dick
4 Ishmael and the Calvinist elements
4.1 Ishmael – a Biblical name
4.2 Ishmael – an outcast
4.3 Calvinism versus scepticism
4.3.1 Father Mapple and the sermon
4.3.2 Ishmael’s response to the sermon
5 Ahab and the Calvinist elements
5.1 Ahab – a biblical name
5.2 Ahab’s cosmic fury and bigotry
5.3 Ahab and the sermon
6 Ishmael and Ahab – a comparison
7 Conclusion
8 Bibliography
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- Kirsten Vera van Rhee (Author), 1994, Melville's 'Moby-Dick, or The Whale' - an Attack on Calvinism, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/176967
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