Foreshadowing of Death in Moby Dick

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On the third day of the chase, Moby Dick is spotted with Fedallah on his back. Ahab then says, "Aye Parsee! I see thee again. ?Aye, and thou goest before; and this, this then is the hearse that thou didst promise. But I hold thee to the last letter of thy word...
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?Aye, and thou goest before; and this, this then is the hearse that thou didst promise. But I hold thee to the last letter of thy word. Where is the second hearse?" (Melville, 545) After the whale fatally wounds the ship, Ahab realizes that the ship was the second hearse...
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