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University of Toronto Bartleby the Scrivener Essay
I will send you the detail questions later. The essay should be written in clear and correct English. Errors in usage – comma splices, dangling modifiers, paragraphs lacking coherence and unity, mixed metaphors, misplaced metaphors – the list of errors to avoid is long. Make sure you use the present tense throughout when referring to events in the story (e.g. “Bartleby refuses to leave the office,” not “Bartleby refused to leave the office.” Read your rough draft aloud in order to highlight non-standard expressions and avoidable awkwardness. Assume that your reader knows the story quite well but is not really sure what all the fuss about, why questions about its meaning and purpose matter. This makes it easier to avoid plot summary, which is always a danger.