Bartleby the Scrivener

What is the significance of the ending of the story Bartleby the Scrivener?

Answer: The short story Bartleby the Scrivener possesses many brilliant qualities or merits which have made it a successful story. The ending of the story is one of its significant aspects—significant in many ways. What happens at the end of the story is tragic and thought provoking. The protagonist, Bartleby, dies. The author could unfold

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The author was glad to engage a sober man like Bartleby. Why?

Or Why did the author appoint Bartleby as his scrivener? What features of Bartleby did impress the author? Answer: The author of the story Bartleby the Scrivener, engaged a man named Bartleby as his copyist. Bartleby’s sober disposition impressed the author. Above all, the author was glad to engage Bartleby because Bartleby might operate beneficially

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Describe Melville’s narrative technique in Bartleby the Scrivener

Or What do you understand by point of view of a story-teller? Discuss the point of view of Melville as a story-teller. Or What point of view of narration has Melville undertaken? Discuss with reference to Bartleby the Scrivener. Or From your study of the story Bartleby the Scrivener, what ideas have you formed about

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What is your idea of an anti-hero? Do you think that Bartleby is an anti-hero? Give reasons for your answer.

Answer: According to NTC’s Dictionary of Literary Terms an anti-hero is “A central Character, or protagonist, who lacks traditional heroic qualities and virtues (such as idealism, courage, and steadfastness). He may be called a non-hero, or the antithesis of a hero of the old-fashioned kind who was capable of heroic deeds, was dashing, strong, brave and

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What type of story is Bartleby the Scrivener? Is it tragic, or comic, romantic or realistic?

Or How far is Bartleby the Scrivener successful as a short story? Or Do you think that Bartleby the Scrivener is a tragic or a realistic story? Answer: Bartleby the Scrivener is a tragic short story told in the mode of realism. We have to discuss this question in the light of short story, tragedy and

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