To eat or not to eat is the dilemma which is reiterated throughout Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street. ... Settings and characters reinforce the theme of food and feasting. Character's nicknames such as Turkey, Nippers, Mr. ... The most unusual character in the story is Bartleby, a man of [such] singularly sedate an aspect(p.1113). ... All of the characters are living off of the lawyer. ...
This is the question that plagues the story's narrator, and it has plagued the readers of "Bartleby the Scrivener,"" as well. ... Perhaps to understand the story one must first accept that there is no single meaning to the character of Bartleby. ... Let us briefly examine one of the most influential interpretations of "Bartleby the Scrivener."" ... Bartleby functions in the story not as a character but as a symbol. ... In "Bartleby the Scrivener,"" Melville explores similar philosophical issues in a different kind of setting. ...
Melville's Bartleby has a purpose rooted deeply in this as its main character attempts to enlighten the working population to the indefinite strife of low level employees. ... Could Bartleby have been that unusual that something in his being, some distant echo in the scrivener's sole, was too much for his employer to bear? ... Here was a man accustomed to instant compliance, or at least the next best sort of compliance that the trio of Turkey, Nippers and Ginger Nut could offer. ... He had presented a reasonable severance package, nearly tripling what he owed Bartleby, but the scr...
If ever there are two opposite themes offered in the telling of one tale, it is in Herman Melville's short story, "Bartleby the Scrivener". ... For this reason, Bartleby the Scrivener, is a tragedy. ... After suggesting that Bartleby "would prefer to take a quart of good ale every day", Turkey states, "Oh. ... Melville is calling on the reader's "little guy" to relate to the subconsciously driven behaviour of the characters. ... "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street", should be considered a tragedy, if not in the nature of the story-telling, then in the un...
Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" is a classical literary example of a person playing the role of a minority. In this story, Melville portrays five characters working in a law office. ... He does not speak of Bartleby, Turkey, Nippers and Ginger Nut as highly as he speaks of himself. ... Turkey offers to take care of Bartleby physically. ... This power might be a little less directly expressed as in the case of "Bartleby, the Scrivener." ...
