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Claggart would naturally be out to destroy Billy because he is what he is against. Just good vs. evil in a battle for control. That is why Claggart is naturally out to bring the downfall of Billy Budd.
It is very true that jealousy is another reason why John Claggart wanted the destruction of Billy Budd... displayed 300 characters
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Claggart was never well liked by the crew he was watching over. This would not have been a problem except that Billy Budd was so very liked by the crew. Every time he saw the love of Billy he was reminded of the dislike of himself. One old sailor on the ship noticed this too and warned Billy by saying, "Jimmy Leggs is down on you"... displayed next 300 characters
While meeting
together, the charge would have come to naught if Billy Budd hadn't killed
Claggert by striking him in the head. After that, whether Billy was innocent or
not was no longer at question...
Vere does not even have the courage to save Billy saying that his "?vowed responsibility is in this: That however pitilessly that law may operate in any instances, we nevertheless adhere to it and administer it" (1912)...
But, on the other hand Billy was good and sought goodness. That is why he failed to see the evilness in Claggart.
To discourage Billy’s goodness is to compromise the very thing that makes us human in the first place?Humans seek goodness instinctively...
Vere accepts that Claggart provoked Billy's retaliation by lying and can see the evil in Claggart but also recognizes the call of duty which at war-time was non-tolerable for such an offence...
The reader is with Billy throughout and witnesses his transformation at the end.
In this fashion, Billy Budd is both a classic and modern tragedy. Melville combines the two unknowingly giving the audience a hero is so close to perfectness, yet held back by his naiveness and stutter...
Billy shows this Christ figure in his innocence towards Claggart, by not knowing why Claggart treats the crew so bad, and to why there is a side to him that enjoys this cruel punishment...
Claggart would naturally be out to destroy Billy because he is what he is against. Just good vs. evil in a battle for control. That is why Claggart is naturally out to bring the downfall of Billy Budd...
