Bartleby the Scrivener Morality and Ethics Quotes

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a right or wrong answer to these questions. The Narrator, whose confusion is evident in his Yoda-like syntax, isn't alone in his uncertainty over what to do with Bartleby – honestly, what would you do?

This final cry of desperation expresses the almost inexpressibly complicated emotions that run through the end of the story – guilt, pity, sadness…and a certain anxiety for the rest of humanity.