Abstract
This paper discusses the age-old concept of good versus evil in the book, "Billy Budd", by Herman Melville. The author provides an overview of the characters of the protagonist and antagonist, who respectively personify good and evil. Biblical parallels as drawn as well.

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"Good versus evil is a very common theme in many different types of literature. One literary work which portrays the battle between good and evil very affectively is Billy Budd by Herman Melville. In this novel, good is portrayed through the character of Billy, while the character of Claggart portrays evil. The battle between good and evil is personified through the characters of Claggart and Billy."

Tags:biblical, novel

Abstract
This is a paper on the moral dilemma faced by Captain Vere is Melville's "Billy Budd". The author examines the events and the plot in the novel as well as the major themes and focuses on one of the main characters in the novel, Captain Vere and the moral dilemma he faces when Claggart arrives and the captain has to decide whether Claggart is lying.

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"Melville in Billy Budd introduces his characters through an introductory sketch after which they enter into the narrative. These descriptive sketches provide the necessary background for each character and prepare the reader for the part each is to play in the narrative. The characters are further developed by means of words or phrases, which are repeatedly used to describe them, or by means of characteristic phrases, which they repeatedly utter. For example, Captain Vere by his nickname of "Starry" Vere. Then the characters are described through repeated references to their appearance. The 'aristocratic' Captain Vere is a reflection of the real character. (Mumford, 1929)."

Tags:liar, loyalty, billy, claggart, vere, moral, decision

Abstract
This paper analyzes and examines Herman Melville's novel "Billy Budd" as a Christian allegory. It shows the ways in which the characters of Vere, Billy, and Claggart parallel biblical figures of Pilate, Jesus, and Satan and how the allegory is developed thematically.

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"The purpose of this research is to examine Herman Melville's novel "Billy Budd" as a Christian allegory. The plan of the research will be to set forth the pattern of ideas in the novel and then to discuss means by which the allegorical elements of the narrative surface in respect of not only ways in which the characters can be analyzed as analogues of specific biblical figures but also how the theme of redemptive and otherwise sociologically unmerited suffering defines the moral scope o faction and enables the..."

Tags:allegory, Melville, Billy Budd, Claggart, Jesus, Christian, Pilate, Satan, character analysis

Abstract
The paper attempts to determine who was responsible for Billy Budd's death in Melville's short story of the same name. The paper shows how the characters of Captain Vere and Claggart, the rigidity of the naval system of justice, and Billy himself, all contributed to Billy's downfall.

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"Herman Melville's 1891 seafaring novella Billy Budd is a Christian allegory, transposed into the relatively contemporary setting of a British naval vessel. The Christian Bible details the death of Christ as a series of betrayals and injustices. The popular leader and teacher Christ is betrayed by one of his own followers, Judas, and is handed over by the leadership of his own nation to the Roman judge Pontius Pilate. Pilate washes his hands of his responsibility for a man whom he believes is innocent, because Christ will not verbally defend himself, and because the Roman authorities have charged him with preserving order amongst the populace. Pilate acquiesces, going against his better moral instincts."

Tags:Captain, Vere, Claggart, Royal, Navy, justice

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This paper takes a look at the book "Billy Bud" by Herman Melville. Melville makes many allusions to Christianity and Jesus in his book. The paper examines the main characters Claggart and Captain Vere and how they connect to these analogies.

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"In many ways, Melville?s ?Billy Bud? lends itself to a religious or biblical interpretation. For example, the life and death of the main character, Billy Bud, shows striking parallels to the life and death of Jesus Christ. As well, Claggart and Captain Vere further implicate ?Billy Bud? in the story of Christ. But Melville, in interesting ways, moves beyond a strict re-telling of the story or mythology surrounding Christ. Melville sets in motion a certain expectation in the minds of his audience through the obvious parallels between the story of ?Billy Bud? and that of Christ, but then, at key moments, the author turns away from the traditional story, disrupting our expectations, in order to critically comment on Christianity and the legacy of Christ in the minds of humanity."

Tags:religion, literature, novel, human, challenge, sailor, communicate, merchants, uprising, loyalty, humanity

Abstract
This paper discusses the influence of the young, virtuous sailor Billy Budd on other members of the crew of the Bellipotent, including Captain Vere, Claggart, the Seargant-at-Arms and others. Billy's biggest influence is argued to be his ability to get experienced seamen to question their allegience to authority from a consideration of moral rightness or wrongness of an action.

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"In Herman Melville's "Billy Budd", an innocent and attractive young man is pressed into service on the Bellipotent sailing ship under the authority of Captain Vere. We are told Billy's aura of innocence and goodness is so great that upon first sight of him, Captain Vere equates him to a young Adam before the Fall. Unaware of the evil that is in some men's hearts because of his innocence and virtue, Billy is vulnerable to the hatred and envy of Claggart. Claggart's jealousy..."

Tags:Christ, Adam, compassion, forgiveness, guilt, mutiny, law, discipline, evil, condemned

Abstract
An analysis of Herman Melville's novella 'Billy Budd' focusing on the theme of innocence as it is portrayed in the characterization and actions of Billy, a young sailor who is condemned to hang when he strikes out at John Claggart and inadvertently kills him, after the Master-of-Arms falsely accuses him of mutiny.

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"Herman Melville's novella 'Billy Budd' proves innocence loses to evil forces as often as it triumphs over them but innocence remains favored by God. The death of the titular character Billy Budd a young sailor on the high seas is a classic study in contrast between the forces of innocence and evil. The force of innocence is represented by newly impressed sailor Billy Budd a young fit man defined as exuding a certain virtue that emanates from him Melville. In contrast the force ..."

Tags:law, order, morality, Christianity, Christ, God, eternity, Adam, homosexuality, commandments, aristocracy, impressment

Abstract
This paper describes Herman Melville's novel "Billy Budd" as a non-allegorical story of the intersection of three characters (Billy Budd, Claggart and Captain Vere). The paper argues that each man is compelled to act as he does by internal and external forces.

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"While many critics tend to read Herman Melville's "Billy Budd" as an allegory, this is but one possible approach to what can also be understood as a realistic story of how human nature and human psychology functions under conditions of crisis and stress. Melville's allegory rests upon the assumption that Billy Budd represents some type of Noble Sailor or handsome Sailor who must be sacrificed to the common good. Conversely, examining the characters of Budd, Captain Vere and Claggart, Billy's nemesis, one..."

Tags:Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Sailor

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This paper discusses whether Herman Melville's novel "Billy Budd" was allegorical. The novel did have religious connotations, however, Billy was not really like Christ, Vere was not God-like, and Claggart was not as bad as Satan. The author explores this notion and asserts that the novel was not an allegorical one.

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This paper discusses Herman Melville's story "Billy Budd" which took him 3 years to complete. It analyzes the two main characters of the story, Budd and Claggart, as well as dwells upon some of the many symbols and themes found throughout the book.

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"Although Billy Budd is portrayed as the epitome of innocence, he is not naive. He is a popular man, who has no problems dealing with other men. He is "illiterate and ignorant even of whom his father was, since he is a foundling, in whom, nevertheless, "noble descent" is as evident as "in a blood horse."" (Chase, 157) Budd does not seem to be aware of this however, as Melville portrays him as an instinctively "upright barbarian" and an image "of young Adam before the Fall." It is apparent that Melville is thinking in Biblical terms when he comments that a person of such untainted innocence seems to have been "exceptionally transmitted from a period prior to Cain's city and citified man." (Chase, 157)".

Tags:Cain, Rights-of-Man, Vere, H.M.S, Bellipotent