Queequeg is a fictional character in the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by American author Herman Melville. The son of a South Sea chieftain who left home to explore the world, Queequeg is the first principal character encountered by the narrator, Ishmael. The quick friendship and relationship of equality between the tattooed cannibal and the white sailor shows Melville's basic theme of shipboard democracy and racial diversity. Once aboard the whaling ship Pequod Queequeg becomes the harpooner for the mate Starbuck. At the end of the novel he "casts the runes", which say he will die. He therefore builds a coffin and refuses to eat or drink, but ultimately decides to stay alive and then recovers. The coffin is later converted to a lifebuoy after the ship's original one is lost. When Moby-Dick sinks the ship, Ishmael survives by clinging to it until another ship arrives to pick him up.
, 1h20 Directed byLloyd Bacon OriginUSA GenresDrama, Adventure, Romance ThemesFilms about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Cétacé, Films about disabilities, Mise en scène d'un cétacé ActorsJohn Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Walter Long, Lloyd Hughes, Noble Johnson, Nigel De Brulier Rating56% The film tells of a sea captain's maniacal quest for revenge on a great white whale who has bitten off his leg. Ahab meets and falls in love with the daughter of the local minister, after disembarking in New Bedford. She falls in love with Barrymore and is heartbroken when he leaves on another voyage. During his next voyage, Ahab loses his leg to a large white whale. When he returns to New Bedford, he mistakenly believes that the woman he loves no longer wants to see him due to his disfigurement. He vows revenge against the whale, and to kill it or be killed in the process, and returns to sea.