Moby Dick

Roles

• Stubb - Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50), Male

About this piece

Stubb tells Flask about a dream that he had

Summary

The narrator of story is Ishmael, a young sailor who decides to work on a whaling ship. Together with another man, Queequeg, he boards the ship "Pequod", a whaling ship that is soon to leave port. The ship's captain, nowhere to be seen, is Ahab, who has lost a leg in an encounter with a sperm whale. Ahab finally comes out of his cabin after a few days of sailing. A tough and mysterious character, he is the dictator of the ship. He constantly paces the deck making a lot of noise as he hits the wood with his prosthetic leg. Stubb, a funny and easygoing mate of the ship, dares to complain to Ahab about the noise. Ahab calls him a "dog", a "donkey" and a "mule" and advances on him as he wants to strike him. Stubb retreats and mutters to himself that he has never retreated in a situation like that. The next morning Stubb tells Flask about a dream that he had about Ahab kicking him with his ivory leg. He thought that it wasn't "much of an insult" after all since he didn't kick him with a real leg but with "a false leg". If he had been kicked with a real leg he would have taken it as an insult. In his dream also appeared an old merman who, after an argument with Stubb, tries to convince him what an honor is to have been kicked by Ahab.

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