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This Dramatic Perspective in Moby Dick lesson plan also includes:
- Unit Overview: Melville’s Moby Dick: Shifts in Narrative Voice and Literary Genres (.html)
- Ahab’s Dramatic Monologue in Chapter 37 (.pdf)
- Ahab’s Dramatic Monologue in Chapter 37 - Teacher Version (.pdf)
- Comparing Introductions: Ishmael and Ahab (.pdf)
- Comparing Introductions: Ishmael and Ahab - Teacher Version (.pdf)
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A lesson on Herman Melville's Moby Dick asks readers to compare the first person point of view of Ishmael in Chapter 1 to Captain Ahab's dramatic monologue in Chapter 37. Readers cite evidence from the chapters to support their analysis of Ahab as a foil to Ishmael.
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Instructional Ideas
- Begin the lesson by asking class members to brainstorm a list of character foils in other works they have read (Gene and Phineas, Othello and Iago, etc.)
- If pupils are unfamiliar with dramatic monologues, conduct a mini-lesson using either Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" and/or Shelley's "Ozymandias" to introduce the conventions of the form
Classroom Considerations
- The second of three lessons in a Moby Dick unit
- Requires copies of two worksheets
Pros
- Includes teacher versions of the two worksheets
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- None