In the poem “Barbara Frietchie,” which event happened before Barbara leaned out her window-sill? Barbara Frietchie’s work is o’er,/ And the Rebel rides on his raids no more. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,/ Bowed with her fourscore years and ten; Over Barbara Frietchie’s grave/ Flag of Freedom and Union, wave! All day long that free flag tost/ Over the heads of the rebel host.

Which best explains how melville uses his description of ahab in chapter 28 of moby-d ick to comment on the nature of man? through ahab, melville symbolizes how guilt can take over a man’s life. through ahab, melville symbolizes how obsession can take over a man’s life. through ahab, melville symbolizes how inaction can ruin a man’s life. through ahab, melville symbolizes how isolation can ruin a man’s life.