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(1)The Dragon・Ki11ing The血e in Mb伽一〃。冶. 教科・領域教育学専攻 言語系 (英語)コース. M07152K 西尾のり子. It is we11・known that Mobツ・Dfc々is tied ClOSe1y. to the. characters. Some nameS. Bib1e.. that. m M06γD肋 have. apPea「. bibIica1connotations.. of the. The name of the narrator. Messiah that has to be defeated.. In COntraSt,in. Jonah,the wha1e is a messenger,an agent of God,. chasing. down Jonah as God. and gu1ping. 0raained.. Mobツ・D肋 Can be read from these two. Ishmae1is mentioned in Genesis,and the name of the protagonist Ahab in The First Book of. contrasting perspectives:ifMoby Dick is seen as. In the Bib1e there are some prototypes of. Job’s wha1e,Ahab and the wha1e represent good. ㎜ngS.. the wha1e. Moby. Dick as We11 as the. ma1n. and evi1respective1y and the story can be read as. a kind ofdragon−ki1Iing story,with Captain Ahab. characters.. With some know1edge ofthe O1d Testament. as a creditabIe hero.. If Moby Dick is Jonah’s. andル”obツーD{c々,the question may arise: Is Moby. wha1e,it is a messenger of God and consequent1y. Dick Jonah’s wha1e or Job’s whaIe?. It cannot be. Ahab is a sinner who stands against God1ike. whether. fish which. Jonah.. aSCertained. the. great. These tWO COntraSting ana COntrary. swauows up and spits out Jonah is rea11y a wha1e,. views seem to representtwo extreme views ofthe. nor can it be known exact1y whether what is. re1ation between Ahab and Moby Dick in the. ca11ed the “Leviathan” in Job is a wha1e,but. history of criticism of Mbbツー〃。冶、. what is re1evant and what is important,is that. a hero and. Me1vi11e WrOte as if they were wha1es.. The. a Vi11ain.. Ahab is both. Moby Dick is both a. dragOn and a messenger of God.. Instead of. images in Job and Jonah are very different,even. choosing between the two views,we shou1d enjoy. Me1vi11e often used the. reading the story in both ways at the same time.. word“1eviathan”to refer to wha1es,but it has. In th三s paper,I propose that the dragon−ki11ing. very strong bib1ica1connotations and ren1inds. StOry. contrary to each other.. readerS. of Job.. Leviathan 1s the. disguise in Reve1ation,. dragonm. the archenemy of the. 一324一. 1s the. counterp1ot.. p1ot. and. Both. understood together.. Jonah’s shou1d  be. story 1s the. read and.

(2)      The story of dragon−ki11ing is a very famous.      Secona,repeating the origina1story in its. 1egend and found a11over the wor1d.The theme. entire1y does not seem to be suited to MeIvi1Ie’s. 1s re1ated to quest・romance  It seems p1auslb1e. pu■pose.That wou1d have made Mobツー〃。々a. that Me1vi11e wrote the nove1with Book I of肋e. 1ove story. In MobツーD{c々,he is concerned with. 月αer{e Q阯eεm in mind.It is we11known that. re1igious and philosophica1prob1ems.The hero. the book is based on the dragon−ki11ing theme,. must be an obstinate,o1d captain,not a young. and inaeed,it is the most famous variation.In. and1ovab1e sai1or.And what Ahab wishes to. Japanese mytho1ogy,the theme appears m the. a㏄omp11sh1s fundamenta11y d1fferent from the. Japanese c1assic凧e Kb〃冶{、. hero of the origina1story. Ahab’s goa1is to.      Inτ加ハαerえe Qωeem,the dragon wasted. chase the whaIe,not to marry a princess.T0. the1and and expe11ed the roya1b1ood,ana the. Ahab,ki11ing the wha1e becomes the u1timate. aragon in Tんe Kqノ’’肋,the eight−foI・ked serpent of. goa1 in his 1ife and he does not care about. Koshiαamatanoorochi)came every year and. anything e1se. The biggest difference is that the. aevoured a maidenl Moby Dick is a1so a crue1. hero Ahab cannot carry out his mission,. mOnSter..     Mbわy−Dた冶does fo11ow the dragon−ki11ing.     In肋eハαer{eQ眺emand肋eK0ゾ洲,a. theme,but at the very1ast stage it deviates from. woman p1ays an important ro1e in that her. the origina1story:a1though the hero represents. marriage with the hero promises the prosperity. good and the dragon symbo1izes evi1,in. of the kingdom.It may not be known exact1y. Mobツー〃。たthe prob1em of gooa and evi1is. why Me1vi11e omitted this important character,. comp1icated ana equivocaI.. but there are severa1possib1e reasons..     Yet it is undeniab1e that the dragon−ki11ing.     First, as the dragon is an imaginary. theme offers the basic p1ot to Mobツー〃。尾.This. monster,the dragon・ki11ing story is origina11y a. is why Mo6ツーD{cた is an adaptation of the. myth or a 1egend. 0n the other hand,. dragon−ki11ing story.. ルー。bツーDfc危 is based and formed upon the rea1ities of wha1ing in the nineteenth century.. It does not seem possib1e to incIuae a fema1e character in the story,especia11y ifshe must be a. 主任指導教員 松阪 仁伺. beautifu1and gracefu11ady.. 指導教員松阪仁何. 一325一.

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