the coin is what Ahab uses to bribe the crew into searching for Moby-Dick. he nails it to a post so that the entire crew can see it all the time and it shows the greediness of the crew and Ahab.
a gold coin
A Spanish gold coin worth $16.
Ahab offers a gold doubloon as a reward for spotting Moby Dick.
Well captain Ahab said "Who ever spott's Moby Dick first gets this Golden coin" so it would be, a golden coin that he put it on the wall but at the end no-one ended up with the coin because they all ended up dying.The only one that survived was Ishmael.
A gold coin, or doubloon. He nails it to the mast. Ahab is the one to actually see Moby-Dick first, so he claims the doubloon for himself.
Ahab offered the crew of the Pequod a gold coin as a reward for the first man to spot Moby Dick.
A doubloon is a type of gold coin that was used in Spanish-speaking countries during the 16th to 19th centuries. In "Moby Dick," Captain Ahab nails a gold doubloon to the mast of the Pequod as a reward for the crew member who first spots the white whale, creating a competitive incentive for the crew.
this is a textbook question.. u SHOULD be looking for answer but then again i should be too afterall i found this.... the question asks what Ahab offers to his crew members if they spot Moby-Dick and why he thinks he should offer this incentive to his crew... he offers a gold coin which is probally worth alot and offers it so his crew members... He does this so his crew will actually try and watch closely for moby dick having them all hoping to gain the gold.
Ahad appealed to the crew's sense of adventure and promised them the opportunity to gain fame and fortune by capturing Moby Dick. He also used persuasive language and manipulation to convince them that it was their duty to seek revenge on the whale for its previous attacks.
Captain Ahab held up a gold coin to the crew as a way of tempting them to join his obsessive quest for the white whale, Moby Dick. The gold coin symbolized the material rewards and potential wealth that could come from successfully hunting the whale, but also represented a test of the crew's loyalty and commitment to Ahab's dangerous and reckless mission.
In "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville, Captain Boomer receives the gold doubloon from Captain Ahab as a symbol of a reward for any crew member who first spots the white whale, Moby Dick.
it is worth a dick