Moby Dick, the first great contemporary introspective novel, brings to life Captain Ahab’s thirst for vengeance who, after having been mutilated by one such leviathan — a whale that terrorised the oceans —, blindly pursues it, driven by madness and leading his entire crew to desperation and devastation. Moby Dick is the ghost we all pursue and which, in doing so, places us in extreme danger. Furthermore, on succumbing, we then realise that we were actually the prey all along.