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This 4 page paper discusses the question of literature and life through the analysis of Melville's short story The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids. Quotes cited. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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perhaps the most penetrating of all. Why must I do this? Why has this happened to me? Why study literature when all I want to do is chase the opposite
sex? However, it goes without saying that the creation of great works of art are not there for he sake of beauty only. Most of the worlds greatest pieces of
art, whether that be a painting, a poem, or a work of literature, feed mans soul and in doing so, often provide insight to that greatest of questions: Why? Herman
Melvilles works, for example, aptly portray the reason that literature should and must be studied on all levels of a students educational journey. Herman Melvilles short stories offer college
literature classes, for example, a great deal of insight into the human condition, and allows them to take those truths one step further in contemplating their own decisions. A good
short story for this is Melvilles The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids. The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids aptly illustrates what can happen
when one gives oneself over to self gratification at the expense of other things. The industrial class depicted in the first part of the story example this lifestyle, and in
the end are shown to have empty, meaningless lives. "It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking, good feeling and good talk" (Melville 2443).
But whats wrong with that, the average student might state. Melville anticipates the question and shows how even though they are living out a life of luxury and comfort, they
are not connected with events in the real world and so are removed from the real truths which exist. Likewise, the maids are no better off. The maids work from
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