During the course of the story Bartleby’s condition worsens – he loses interest in doing his job, he does not want to leave the office and does not eat. This shows the society intolerance for people with disability, particularly for people suffering with depression and mental impairments. In Mitchell and Snyder’s Narrative Prosthesis, the phrase could be labeled a subconscious cry for help.
He cleverly brings out the ignorance aspect of the society to recognize. This can be seen through his preferred phrase “I would prefer not ” (Melville, 2014). He exhibits several mental disorders such as depression, anorexia, agoraphobia, etc. Looking at the story, Bartleby may have developed his mental illness time as a clerk in the Dead Letter Office, a grim place where letters go to die. This paper will focus on the psychological interpretation as presented through the eyes of an ignorant narrator mental illness –Bartleby being an example of a mental illness. 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.
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