5/11/2023 0 Comments Scrivener by Ana Maria Trigo![]() ![]() In fact, it seems as though he paints the narrator to be more of an antagonist. After reading the short story the question we must all ask ourselves is does this story have a ‘hero’? Who is it? How does this affect the story?Īlthough Bartleby and the narrator are seen as the main characters, Widmer does not identify a “hero” in the story between those two. ![]() For the contemporary reader, Bartleby’s existence could have a double meaning: an alter ego for the alienated person who is living under circumstances completely different from what nature intended it to be and a choice of passive response to societies compulsiveness to adjust and submit to a strict simple but deceptive rules. Besides considering the personality and actions of the narrator, others have concentrated their attention on the relationship between the two and the significance of their interaction or lack thereof. ![]() Bartleby’s unique character was so mysterious that it forced readers to look into the motives of the other major character, the narrator. Herman Melville’s short story, “Bartleby and the Scrivener,” has provided readers and critics with enough material to speculate upon Bartleby’s condition and the message the writer intends to send through the peculiar character. ![]()
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