Ahab said the coin would be paid to the first man who sighted the white whale
Ahab was the captain of the Pequod, the whaling ship in Moby Dick. The crew was simply the crew. Interesting aside: the coffee chain Starbuck's, was named after Capt. Ahab's First Officer.
Yes because Captian Ahab bribes them.
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.
Captain Ahab was the captain of the Pequod in the novel Moby-Dick. He is on a quest for revenge against the white whale, Moby Dick, which leads to the tragic end of the ship and its crew.
a gold coin
Yes, some members of the crew were willing to help Captain Ahab kill Moby Dick because they were also driven by Ahab's obsession and the promise of a hefty reward, while others were reluctant or hesitant due to fear and superstition.
Ahab offered the crew of the Pequod a gold coin as a reward for the first man to spot Moby Dick.
The crew member that Flask heard telling Captain Ahab about the right whale was Fedallah, one of the harpooneers. Fedallah identifies the right whale as Moby Dick, the infamous white whale that Ahab is obsessed with hunting.
The captain of the Rachel asked Captain Ahab to help search for and rescue their missing crew members who were lost at sea.
Captain Ahab offers a doubloon—a valuable gold coin—to the first man who spots the white whale, Moby Dick. This serves as an incentive to motivate the crew in their pursuit of the elusive whale.
There was no "plot" to assassinate Ahab. However, Starbuck, Ahab's first mate, does contemplate killing Captain Ahab with a gun he finds on his way to speak to the Captain. He wrestles with the decision for a moment reasoning that killing Ahab may save the lives of his crew. However, he ends up making the morally sound decision (as is his nature) and does not kill Ahab.
In the 1956 film Moby Dick , Ahab was played by actor Gregory Peck .