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The purpose of this study is to compare the maritime novel ‘Moby Dick‘ with the novel based-film through the visualization of sentiment analysis using the VADER sentiment word-list. We use line charts as time visualization in the normalized positive and negative sentiment valence sum. The line charts show how the novel or its film has emotional ups and downs within each Act and across Acts in the accumulated sentiment valence. This study also re-examines the influence on Moby Dick that the Four Great Tragedies of Shakespeare such as Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth have had, which has long been discussed in the previous research, focusing on the comparison of the novel and its film to these tragedies. The results of this paper illustrate that the film can be distinctively compared with its original novel through time visualization of sentiment analysis within Acts and between Acts. It is also illustrated that the line chart of the novel ‘Moby Dick’ is similar to those of Othello and Hamlet, whereas the line chart of the film ‘Moby Dick’ released in 1998 is similar to those of King Lear and Macbeth. These results are expected to contribute to research and education of digital humanities and artificial intelligence for English literature as a solid case study, in the era of the 4th industrial revolution.