Post by OldSamVimes on Oct 22, 2019 20:33:05 GMT
A shark is terrifying but doesn't have the same mystique as a leviathan from the depths.
A shark does have mystique about it. A creature on Earth still in existence from the age of the dinosaurs...a creature that is a known man-killer (a whale is not that), the sight of a dorsal fin moving through the water... Much mystique to a Great White shark.
Benchley admitted when he wrote "Jaws" he was just trying to do a version of "Moby Dick." His Ahab is Quint (Quint's death is exactly the same), his whale is a shark. I never realized how much "Jaws" is similar to "Moby Dick" until I read Melville's masterpiece.
Sometimes I'm just in 'automatic mode'.
Interesting though, I'll remember Jaws as I keep reading. Hope you didn't just spoil some major shit for me... I guess now I know Captain Ahab is gonna die?