"Captain Ahab stood erect, looking straight out beyond the ship’s ever—pitching prow. There was an infinity of firmest fortitude, a determinate, non surrenderable wildfulness, in the fixed and fearless, forward dedication of that glance. Not a word he spoke; nor did his officers say aught to him; though by all their minutest gestures and expressions, they plainly showed the uneasy, if not painful, consciousness of being under a troubled master-eye."
Based on the passage, the words that best describe Captain Ahab from the book Moby-D**k are
- A) serious, determined, stubborn
- According to the given excerpt, the narrator talks about Captain Ahab and describes his demeanor which was one of "fortitude. fixed and fearless" as he did not speak a word and observed the ocean from his ship.
- Therefore, the word that best describes his expression is option A
- This is because, we are made to understand that he is fully focused and is not in a playful mood, because of the task ahead of him.
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