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Relationships Between Narrator And Bartleby

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The paragraph emphases the unusual relationships between the narrator and Bartleby that they are paired characters. Paired characters are two characters who have the same meaning and can not be separated. In Melville’s “Bartleby”, although the lawyer and Bartleby cannot understand each other, they cannot deviate from each other either. In the texts “doubtless I should have violently dismissed him […] This is very strange, thought I”. After Bartleby refuses the requirement of the narrator, the lawyer should feel unsatisfied with Bartleby and consider Bartleby as an irresponsible employee. Actually, the lawyer forgives Bartleby instead of dismiss him. With the development of the storyline, Bartleby’s behavior becomes more unusual. At first,
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