Article: Works of Herman Melville: Billy Budd: Chapters 10 - 19

Article: The scorpion's suicide: Claggart's death in Billy ...
Melville Society Extracts;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... strictures is Herman Melville, who in Billy Budd created a character as much impelled ... motiveless malignity" as Iago--John Claggart, the master-at-arms of the ... three principle characters in Billy Budd, Claggart ought to be--and to some extent ...

Article: Some reflections on Claggart's death and on Malcolm's ...
Leviathan;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... substitute for pistol and ball." As for Billy Budd: As Gorman Beauchamp eloquently argues ("Claggart's Death in Billy Budd," Melville Society Extracts 129 [July 2005]: 7-10), Claggart dooms himself. Either he will survive ...

Encyclopedia entry: Claggart, John
Who's Who in Opera;      372 words ...Claggart, John ( Britten: Billy Budd ). Bass. Master-at-Arms on board HMS Indomitable . He is ... jealous of Billy Budd's good looks and popularity among the crew. Claggart does his best to ingratiate himself with Vere. He is determined ...

Dictionary definition: Claggart
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera;      245 words ...Claggart. John Claggart (bs), the master-at-arms in Britten's Billy Budd .

Melville's 'Billy Budd.' (Herman Melville)
The Explicator;  March 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... passing reference to Billy Budd's connection ... the role of John Claggart, Billy's enemy ... The scene in Billy Budd seems to reflect ... shot out, and Claggart dropped to the ... miraculously recovered. Billy Budd destroys Claggart with the blow ...

Article: Musikale narratief in Benjamin Britten se opera Billy ...
Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the Napoleonic wars, Billy Budd becomes the object of ... master-at-arms, John Claggart. When the young Billy ... Benjamin Britten se opera Billy Budd Billy Budd is die slagoffer van ... skeepsprovoos, John Claggart, in Herman Melville ...

Article: Metropolitan Opera broadcast of March 8, 1997: Billy ...
Opera News;  March 8, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... at-arms, John Claggart, who gather to ... third of these is Billy Budd, an able-bodied ... Billy is admired by Claggart and assigned to ... above the deck ("Billy Budd, king of the birds ... taking it badly. Claggart resumes his talk with Vere, calling Billy Budd a ...