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Quiz: Shadows of the Imagination III
HS: English 3B [M] (Prescriptive) (GP) / 6:American Renaissance Literature
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Melville uses the color white to describe both Moby-Dick and the water. What does the color white symbolize in Moby-Dick?


courage

death

innocence

peace
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Answer 1

In "Moby-Dick," the color white symbolizes multiple themes, but it is most prominently associated with **death**. Melville uses white to represent both the immense, beautiful nature of the whale and the terror associated with it, reflecting the duality of existence and the ambiguity between beauty and destruction. Therefore, in this context, the best answer would be **death**.