![]() ![]() Skeptical of the accusations (given Budd’s easy-going and cheerful bearing), Captain Vere invites Claggart to make the accusations in Budd’s presence. In a conversation with the Captain, Edward Fairfax Vere, the ship’s master-at-arms, Jon Claggart, accuses Budd of mutinous conspiracy. Billy Budd is a young man impressed from a merchant ship in 1797 and made foretopman on the INDOMINATABLE – a warship in the British Navy. For those (like myself) who somehow managed to avoid reading the story during high school or college, it may be best to begin with a very brief summary. Herman Melville’s BILLY BUDD can serve as an excellent basis for discussions about fundamental questions in law and politics. Simon, Department of Political Science, University of Richmond, ssimon. ![]()
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