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188is helical. The recurrent references to “vortices” in Moby-Dick show Melville’s un<strong>de</strong>rstanding ofhistory as teleology. Perhaps the sinking of the Pequod stands for the ultimate <strong>de</strong>stiny of Empire.The ending of Moby-Dick can be read as a manifestation of the last elementary change in themo<strong>de</strong> of productionsocialism. At the end, all have the same fate.If the double perpetuates the Real, the White Whale proceeds from the Real because itis unique. Ahab is obsessed with the uniqueness of the Whale and from the onset of the narrativehe reiterates this obsession. During the second day of the chase, Ahab rejects Starbuck’s requestto renounce the chase: “Ahab is for ever Ahab, man. This whole act’s immutably <strong>de</strong>creed. ‘Twasrehearsed by thee and me a billion years before this ocean rolled. Fool, I am the Fate’s lieutenant;I act un<strong>de</strong>r or<strong>de</strong>rs. Look thou, un<strong>de</strong>rling! That thou obeyest mine.stand round me men” (524).Ahab i<strong>de</strong>ntifies with the White Whalesuch i<strong>de</strong>ntification allows for the reversal of roles: “Aye,he’s chasing me now; not I, himthat’s bad” (526). Ahab and the Whale become one an<strong>de</strong>xchange positions.After the exchange, Ahab unites with the Whale:Oh, lonely <strong>de</strong>ath on lonely life! Oh, now I feel my topmost greatness lies in my topmostgrief. Ho, ho! from all your furthest bounds, pour ye now in, ye bold billows of my wholeforgone life, and top this one piled comber of my <strong>de</strong>ath! Towards thee I roll, thou all<strong>de</strong>stroyingbut unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stabat thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to onecommon pool! (534, emphasis mine)

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