In many works of literature, readers tend to discover the major themes and get a grasp of what the novel or play is about through the first chapter or scene of the work of the literature. For example, in Macbeth readers are introduced to the major theme of fate versus free will when the Three Witches prophesize to Macbeth that he will eventually become king. One would possibly assume that Macbeth would eventually try to achieve the prophecy of becoming king, which he certainly does throughout the play. In the first scene of Bartleby, readers are introduced to the theme of work and business at Wall Street during the 1860s. In the first scene of Bartleby, the readers are introduced to a narrator who is an elderly man who works as a lawyer.