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Captain Ahab meets Moby Dick in Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick" only once. Their encounter is a critical moment in the story as Ahab seeks revenge on the white whale for taking his leg.

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twice at first moby dick ate his leg that's why he is trying to get revenge,then he they spotted moby dick and went after him ahab was kiliing him with his harpoon but her drown and died.

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