This article intends to reveal its spirit of times and tragic essence by the tragedy embodied in Ahab?s fighting against nature and the relationship among human beings.

• 从人与自然的抗争中亚哈的悲剧,人与人的关系中所体现的悲剧两个角度可以揭示《白鲸》所表现的时代特征及所蕴涵的悲剧实质。