Take a passage from Moby Dick and explain the symbols of the book within the passage.

Tools of Destiny Come, Ahab's compliments to ye; come and see if ye can swerve me. Swerve me? Ye cannot swerve me, else ye yourselves! Man has ye there. Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled hearts of mountains, under torrents' beds, unerringly I rush! Naught's an obstacle, naught's an angle to the iron way! (337) In …

…cause his crew to sink down to the bottom of the ocean along with the Pequod. Moby Dick is portrayed as more than just a savage beast, but as the mask behind God. This white whale not only kills Ahab's crew, but also seals Ahab's fate by killing Ahab before Ahab kills him. Ahab costs his fellow sailors their lives and never does gain vengeance on the beast that has tortured him his whole life.