# Moby Dick — Aspects of the Novel character guide

> Moby Dick in Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Moby

**First appearance:** 0009-vii-prophecy

## Who they are

The white whale from Melville's novel, used to discuss symbol and prophecy.

## In the story

### [VI: Fantasy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/chapters/vi-fantasy)

Mentioned alongside Tristram Shandy as an essential work on the fantastic-prophetical axis.

### [VII: Prophecy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/chapters/vii-prophecy)

The White Whale symbolizes evil; the book's prophetic song flows athwart action and surface morality, with no explicable solution.

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