Essays on Bartleby The Scrivener

“Bartleby the Scrivener” is an interesting story, with a lot of symbolism in which can Bartleby be interpreted in many different ways. Since the story is told from first person point of view, it gives the readers a chance to see everything with the narrator’s eyes, it also allows the reader to know his feeling...

While reading ‘Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street’ by Herman Melville, the reader is met with phrases such as “right hand man” and “would prefer”. The phrase “right hand man” in the novella is described as someone’s right hand (not to literally); is the person who acts as their chief assistant, helps, and supports...

Introduction Herman Melville’s 1856 short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”, presents the mentally troubled title character and it is hard to imagine the multitude of meanings it contains and the interpretations it inspires. This paper will focus on the psychological interpretation as presented through the eyes of an ignorant narrator mental...