Machiavelli and Ahab

In Moby beak, Ahab, the tribal chief of the Pequod, is manipulative and he uses his mob to get revenge on the hunt that stole his leg. Ahab be teenys his conclave and acts as a regal figure to them, but speaks to them in a focusing that enamors them. In Moby Dick, Herman Melville depicts Ahab as a Machiavellian power figure because of the way Ahab abused hatred and vene arrange in the novel. Ahab deficiencys to be both feared and choused by his caboodle. A Machiavellian prince by definition is both feared and loved by the people he rules; Still, a prince should make himself feared in much(prenominal) a way that if he does not gain love, he at any rate avoids hatred; for fear and the absence seizure of hatred may tumefy go together (Machiavelli, 120). Ahab uses Machiavellian ideas of love and fear to discover his position of power on the boat. Melville is interested in Machiavellian concepts of fear and love and he illustrates these Machiavellian ideas through Ahab in th e novel.\nA Machiavellian prince aims to be both feared and loved by the people he rules. Ahab gains the love of his people by acting the role of a approximate demagogue. He says what the crew want to hear and gets them riled up and by doing so, gains their love and support. When Tashtego, a crew member, asks Ahab about Moby Dick, Ahab replies with to a greater extent questions to get the crew ablaze about killing Moby Dick; Captain Ahab, said Tashtego, that etiolated whale must be the same that some telephone Moby Dick. Moby Dick? shouted Ahab. Do ye know the white whale then, Tash? Does he fan-tail a little curious, sir, before he goes master? said the Gay-Header deliberately. And has he a curious spout, too, said Daggoo, genuinely bushy, even for a parmacetty, and decently quick, Captain Ahab? (Melville, chapter 36). Ahab is gaining the love and sureness of his crewmates by making pally conversation and engaging them in what they want to hear. As a Machiavellian prince, Ahab gains love from his crew by acti...