Billy Budd By: Herman Mellville Herman Melville’s Billy Budd is a classic tale of innocence and evil. The main force of innocence is constantly attacked by the force of evil until the innocence falters. Through the use of many literary devices, Melville shows how sometimes the obvious results do not always occur when they are being expected. However, he also shows that the force of all that is good and righteous will triumph over evil at the end, even over death. The protagonist, Billy Budd, is the major force of innocence in the book. Billy is a young man who seems to have everything goi....

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