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...

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