Critical responses


	Roman Romero	David Hillman
	Captain Ahab is a living embodiment of the terrible consequences of transcendentalism Ishmael is closer to the spirit of Transcendentalism than any other character Story is very much about transcendentalism Melville is aware of the intellectual trends of the time Melville read a lot of Emerson	The Trojan story was enormously popular during the decades proceeding Troilus and Cressida Talks about proverbial nature of Troilus and Cressida describes the text as a narrative of Elizabethan nationalism
	James O'Rourke
	Women are denied the ability to make meaningful choices about their own lives

Captain Ahab is a living embodiment of the terrible consequences of transcendentalism
Ishmael is closer to the spirit of Transcendentalism than any other character
Story is very much about transcendentalism
Melville is aware of the intellectual trends of the time
Melville read a lot of Emerson

The Trojan story was enormously popular during the decades proceeding Troilus and Cressida
Talks about proverbial nature of Troilus and Cressida
describes the text as a narrative of Elizabethan nationalism

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