When Bartleby is in the tombs he says upon seeing the lawyer "I know you, and i want nothing to say to you". This quote turns up in some other literary work, possibly the ???bible/shakespeare???(dont know for sure). Also, it may not be exactly the same, but it will be close and sound the same/have a similar meaning. If you could tell me where it would be amazing
2007-01-11 11:00:56 · 5 answers · asked by serpent 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 1853, with the conclusion published in December 1853. It was reprinted in Melville's The Piazza Tales in 1856 with minor textual alterations. The work is said to have been inspired, in part, by Melville's reading of Emerson, and some have pointed to specific parallels to Emerson's essay, "The Transcendentalist." The story has been adapted into several films: one in 1970, starring Paul Scofield, and another in 2001, starring Crispin Glover.
your quote comes from this story called the story of wall street
2007-01-11 14:22:44 · answer #1 · answered by Tamara 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh thou trash mendacity everywhere on the dreadful floor. To be or now to not be oh thou trash :D btw an allusion a passing or casual reference; an incidental factor out of something, both right now or by technique of implication: an allusion to Shakespeare. Or The act of alluding added: The trash mendacity on the floor replaced into as pitiful as a trash can.
2016-11-23 12:50:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it.” ~ Eric Hoffer
It turns up in alot of quotes and song lyrics- way too many to find one, thus far from The Bible or Shakespeare I searched a quote site http://www.ThinkExist.com
2007-01-11 15:28:16 · answer #3 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is Bartleby - THe Walls of Wall Street by James C. Wilson.
2007-01-11 11:59:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
possibly shakespeare's much ado about nothing???
2007-01-11 11:07:06 · answer #5 · answered by since feeling is first... 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋