Question

Which best explains why Melville refers to Captain Ahab as “supreme lord and dictator” in the first paragraph of Chapter 28 of Moby-ick? to show that Captain Ahab trusts his men to make decisions for him to show that Captain Ahab distributes power equally among his crew to show that Captain Ahab is the only decision maker on board the ship to show that Captain Ahab is the only person allowed to work on deck

Answer 1

Answer:

C. to show that Captain Ahab is the only decision maker on board the ship

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The correct answer is to show that Captain Ahab is the only real decision maker on the ship.  He is the one who decides on all the important issues and makes others follow him in his mad pursuit of The Whale. Other crew members are expected to blindly follow him and obey his rules.