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What was rope called in Moby Dick?

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The hemp that slithers around your feet is death. Like the "oily gurgling" in the Tun of Heidelburgh, death is sharks swimming, vultures flying, and a whale pulling you to the bottom of the drink. The rope is a death lure.

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