# Captain Ahab — Moby-Dick character guide

> Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Ahab, wild Ahab, moody stricken Ahab, old Ahab, awful Ahab, dark Ahab, crazy Ahab, L Ahab

**First appearance:** 0031-xxviii-ahab

## Who they are

The monomaniacal captain of the Pequod, obsessed with hunting the white whale Moby Dick to avenge his lost leg.

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