Literature of Public Life Fall 2007

"Through his depiction of Bartleby, Herman Melville illustrates a growing epidemic of monotony and lassitude among the American working class during the mid 19th century. Melville’s overly dramatized illustration of Bartleby displays his own fear of further disenchantment among working Americans if nothing is done to alter many prevalent dehumanizing societal norms. "

The narrator comes off as being pompous and arrogant and at times devoid of any real sincerity in his concerns for Bartleby, but really he is masking his own insecurities and guilt for Bartleby’s death.

Personal interactions in the workplace contribute to the narrators internal dissension which is justified in a melancholic fashion through Christian ideals.

Herman Melville's, "Bartleby the Scrivener," uses annoying phrases and the complete boredom of Bartleby to showcase three necessary things: desire, motivation, and the need to live.

Herman Melville shows the influencing effect of Christian morals on 19th century life through the narrator; he justifies his internal strife through the use of biblical allusions and Christian ideals.

The narrator's actions regarding Bartleby conflict with the Christian believes that he claims to hold. This illistrates an internal struggle that he is having regarding the practice of his morals.

Herman Melville provides his readers with a glimpse of religious experiences through the character of the narrator, and not only that, but addresses Bartleby's iconic illustration of humanity lost and the association of false impressions of promoting the complete truth.

As Bartleby's level of boredom elevates, he becomes detached from public life causing him to disobey his superiors and lose his will to live which leads to his inevitable death.

"The narrator in Herman Melville's, "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street" manages Bartleby with an effort to demonstrate his supposed strong Christian morals, yet hypocritically ignores his personal insecurities.

In Herman Melville’s “Bartleby The Scrivener�, the narrator gives the impression that he helped Bartleby all that he could; however, he is merely concealing his inner-guilt for Bartleby’s death.

The narrator's tone throuhgout the piece is condescending and rude, he speaks this way to hide the inner quilt he feels for Bartelby's death.

In the story, "Bartleby, the Scrivener" Bartleby's death is easily seen through the narrator's use of inanimate objects and references to death throughout the text due to Bartley's bordom of everyday life.

In the story "Bartleby, the Scrivener," Herman Melville repeatedly alludes to death in his choice of words and phrases.
These descriptions foreshadow Bartleby's inevitable demise.

The inability of the narrator to effectively manage the inactivity of Bartleby as well as the sporadic productivity of the other employees is a critique of the management positions in this time period of America.

Herman Melville illustrates what it meant to be a Christia in the 19th century through his story, "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street." The narrartor uses the Christian ideals of the time to justify his internal conflicts.

Melville uses the arrogant narrator’s kindness towards Bartleby and his refusal to effectively deal with him to attack many people’s hypocritical desire to create false public self-images that will make others view them more fondly.

The narrator appears to be arrogant, self-consumed, and insincere in his concerns for Bartleby, but truly he is masking the self-guilt he feels for Bartleby's death.

In the story of Bartleby, the pretentious narrator uses self praise to replace a truly in-secure personality and guilt over a former employees death.

Bartleby’s increasing boredom at his job is a social commentary on the monotony of office work which many tend to associate with today’s business world. Corporate America, however, is anything but monotonous.

The narrator’s explicit use of such words as “cadaverously� and “forlorn� in describing Bartleby demonstrates how he perceives Bartleby and the type of life he continues to lead.

Herman Melville uses the internal struggle of each of the four main characters, including that of the unnamed narrator, as a way to illustrate his critique of the working class during the 19th century.

Through reaction of the narrator to the events of Bartelby's time at the office, Hawthorne is exposing a major struggle of mid-19th century America: the tension of the spiritual and material.

By seeking approval from his employees, continuously struggling with his conscience, and ultimately sharing this story in a more favorable light, the narrator is continually striving for acceptance.

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