Moby D-i-c-k or The Whale is a novel written by Herman Melville. The novel is about the revenge of Ahab on the White whale, Moby D-i-c-k. The whale bit off the leg of Ahab and turning him into a handicap.
The given excerpt is taken from this novel. The characteristic of romantic literature in this excerpt is portraying nature as a tool. The author is trying to say that nature serves as a tool to comfort the human soul and introspect it.
