Ocean Motif in Melville and Hemingway
Which of the following statements best contrasts the function of the ocean motif in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” and Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea”?
A
In each novel, the sea serves primarily as backdrop highlighting human isolation.
B
Both authors depict the ocean purely as a place for man’s heroic conquests against nature.
C
Melville uses it as a vast, unknowable force opposing Ahab, while Hemingway sees it as a source of sustenance that bonds Santiago with nature.
D
The ocean represents only danger and death in both novels’ climactic moments.
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