7.+Capitalism+and+socialism+in+Moby+Dick


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 * 1) What is //capitalism//?
 * 2) What is //socialism//?
 * 3) Define //utopia//, especially as envisioned and "practiced" in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
 * 4) Describe the economic situation in the United States during the time period in which the novel was being written.
 * 5) What economic policies would be most closely linked to the two major philosophical movements of the early to mid 1800's, //romanticism// and //transcendentalism//?
 * 6) What elements of capitalism are present in the novel ? (Characters, events, symbols, etc.)
 * 7) What elements of socialism are present in the novel ? (Characters, events, symbols, etc.)
 * 8) What elements of romanticism are present in the novel ? (Characters, events, symbols, etc.)
 * 9) What elements of transcendentalism are present in the novel ? (Characters, events, symbols, etc.)
 * 10) Why is whaling a particularly appropriate industry for Melville to choose as part of an exploration of US economic policy?
 * 11) What seems to be Melville's commentary on the United States and its economic policies and future?

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