Fedallah and Dark Prophecy

From Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The shadowy Parsee harpooner Fedallah delivers Macbeth-like prophecies that come true with terrible irony.
Chapter 117 (The Whale Watch)

Fedallah's prophecy: Ahab will see two hearses before death, the second made of American wood; only hemp can kill him.

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Chapter 135 (The Chase—Third Day)

The prophecies fulfilled: Fedallah's corpse on the whale is the first hearse; the Pequod the second; Ahab dies by a fouled harpoon line.

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