|
|
The below is a sample preview of the full essay that is available in our database. To see
the full paper, just register for a free account. You get
access to thousands of example term papers in our super free essay database without paying
a cent.
|
Beginning of Paper
|
Bartleby, the Failure
It is not rare, sometimes it is even common, that an author speaks about his or
her self in their works. Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" is often
considered such a story. Many of the characters in the story and images created
allude to Melville's writing career, which was generally deemed a f ....
|
|
Middle of Paper
|
.... getting readers to feel sympathy for Bartleby, therefore,
sympathy for him. On the contrary, the narrator also scorns Bartleby's
persistence after he stops copying: "In plain fact, he had now become a
millstone to me
"(1149). In this respect, the narrator also represents
Melville's literary critics. Behind the relationship between Melville, the
narrator, and Bartleby, one can also see the relationship between the narrator
and an ideal audience that Melville would have wanted. He probably wished that
his writing would be more popular among the readers, although he professed his
own d ....
|
|
|
SUBJECTS
