During an interrogation by Captain Vere, the title character accidentally kills John Claggart, who had falsely accused him of conspiring to mutiny.
One character in this book got his nickname from Andrew Marvell's "Upon Appleton House." As it comes to a close, a purser and a surgeon discuss the influence of free will on muscle spasms after death. Its last chapter shifts tone and sympathizes with the death of its protagonist, who is the subject of a ballad about him "in the Darbies." Another character in this novella is a veteran referred to only as the (*) 'Old Dansker.' Set shortly after the Nore mutiny, its title character is impressed into service on the Bellipotent. During an interrogation by Captain Vere, the title character accidentally kills John Claggart, who had falsely accused him of conspiring to mutiny. For 10 points, name this posthumously-published Herman Melville novella about an innocent sailor.
One character in this book got his nickname from Andrew Marvell's "Upon Appleton House.
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