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What techniques does Melville use to characterize Ahab?

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Answer: Ahab and the crew celebrate. In one of the most significant chapters in the novel, Melville employs a dramatic technique — complete with brief stage directions, dialogue, and rousing speech, as well as narrative intervention. This is one of several dramatized chapters in the novel.

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