Abstract This paper analyzes the various criticisms of the short story, "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Hermann Melville, about a laborer's life as a result of the Industrial Revolution. The author examines criticisms by: Nichola Ayo, Hans Bergmann, Michael Bethold whom all approach this short story from different perspectives.
From the Paper "Nichola Ayo in his discussion of "Bartleby the Scrivener" spends only a brief section of the paper analyzing the character of Bartleby himself (exploring a number of theories that have held Bartleby to be a stand-in or metaphor for Melville himself as a man of letters trying to find a place for himself in a world that has very little place indeed for intellectuals). Most of Ayp's discussion is geared to an analysis of the lawyer, and whether or not he has acted properly. "
