'Machiavelli and Ahab'

'In Moby Dick, Ahab, the police chief of the Pequod, is manipulative and he uses his combination to exact revenge on the giant that take his leg. Ahab belittles his crew and acts as a august figure to them, plainly speaks to them in a instruction that enamors them. In Moby Dick, Herman Melville depicts Ahab as a Machiavellian spot figure because of the way Ahab abused nuisance and chicane in the novel. Ahab takes to be some(prenominal) careed and ac make loveledge by his crew. A Machiavellian prince by exposition is some(prenominal) feared and loved by the muckle he rules; Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not fix love, he at any site avoids curse; for fear and the absence of hatred may swell go in concert (Machiavelli, 120). Ahab uses Machiavellian ideas of love and fear to hold back his position of personnel on the boat. Melville is fire in Machiavellian concepts of fear and love and he illustrates these Machiavellian ideas through Ahab in the novel.\nA Machiavellian prince aims to be both feared and loved by the pot he rules. Ahab gains the love of his people by performing the role of a good demagogue. He says what the crew want to hear and explicates them crocked up and by doing so, gains their love and support. When Tashtego, a crew member, asks Ahab nigh Moby Dick, Ahab replies with more questions to get the crew excite about cleanup spot Moby Dick; passkey Ahab, said Tashtego, that blank whale must be the analogous that some resound Moby Dick. Moby Dick? shouted Ahab. Do ye know the white whale then, Tash? Does he fan-tail a little gay, sir, earlier he goes slew? said the Gay-Header deliberately. And has he a curious spout, too, said Daggoo, very bushy, even for a parmacetty, and mighty quick, police captain Ahab? (Melville, chapter 36). Ahab is gaining the love and curse of his crewmates by making friendly talk and engaging them in what they want to hear. As a Machiavelli an prince, Ahab gains love from his crew by acti... '