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Zoey Slater's List: English 220D
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"The Gilder" presents a rather symbolic view of both Ishmael and Ahab. What Ahab here cannot endure is the "cyclicity of mentalities,"3 the perpetual development "resting at last in manhood′s pondering repose of If."4
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Also the title "The Gilder" needs some attention as its meanings are multiple. A gilder can be a snare, which is especially used for catching birds.5 In this respect, Ahab can be seen as trapped in a snare, which might be here "the repose of If." A gilder can also be called a person who gilds, that means who covers lesser metals with a thin layer of gold foil. "But Ishmael is not `gilding′ in `The Gilder′. He is offering us a moment of mystic transcendence as if it were a golden coin or a Dutch `gilder′ hidden away in a coffer."6
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He tells Job, "Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea." ~Job 11: 7, 9
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