Both Uses of
fatalistic
in
Moby Dick
- Then Captain and crew become practical fatalists.†
Chpt 49-51 *
- As the frantic old man thus spoke and thus trampled with his live and dead feet, a sneering triumph that seemed meant for Ahab, and a fatalistic despair that seemed meant for himself—these passed over the mute, motionless Parsee's face.†
Chpt 118-120
Definition:
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(fatalistic) one who believes that all events are predetermined in advance and human beings are powerless to change them