In <em>MobyDick</em>, we meet Ahab. He is a captain obsessed with killing MobyDick, a great whale. Ahab's speeches are often long-winded and tormented, and his obsession is obvious. He is single-minded, and believes that it is his destiny to kill the whale, which is the embodiment of evil in the world. He is a tragic character, because his overconfidence leads him to defy common sense and expose himself to great tragedy.
The perambular (u) which affects Article 11 (Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies) will undermine existing international humanitarian law on situations of armed conflict and lead to legal conflict.
