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A 5 page research paper that offers a brief examination of five novels -- Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener, Wharton's The Age of Innocence, Cahan's Yetl, Crane's Maggie, A Girl of the Streets, and Dreiser's Sister Carrie. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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them (Decker, 2002). Bartleby is a poor scrivener (clerk) for a Wall Street lawyer. In this novel, Melville employs many different methods and devices to demonstrate the process that has
robbed Bartleby of his humanity, but, principally (as indicated in the quotation provided by the student researching this topic), he does so through description of Bartlebys demeanor. While all the
scriveners within these law offices demonstrate the zombie-like behavior that such a tedious profession conveys to its practitioners, it is Bartlebys "continuously monotonous and non-committal response, which Bartleby gives
to all requests ("I would prefer not to"), that fully conveys the detrimental effects of his profession, as it suggests that, deep down, there is a feeling human being trapped
within a life of tedium, and he would "prefer not" to be in this situation (Decker, 2002). Therefore, it can be seen that Bartlebys standard reply constitutes an implied threat
to the commercial system of New York City at that time, because without scriveners, such as Bartleby, the system could not function. Edith Wharton/The Age of Innocence McWilliams (1990)
asserts that the primary theme of Edith Whartons The Age of Innocence is that of "freedom stifled by rigid social convention" and that this theme operates on "many levels
through different characters" (p. 268). While this theme is worked out principally through Newland Archers yearning for the "free" Ellen Olenska, it can also be seen in the manner in
which Archer regards his fianc?, prior to meeting Olenska. Archers attitude towards his fianc? is not only patriarchal but paternalistic. He sees her as unworldly, someone whom he will
instruct and mold into a suitable mate for himself. Archer does not see his fianc? as a person, but rather as attractive "clay" that he can shape to his own
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