Abstract
Death instinct is a lifeless drive in human mind that certainly can affect behavior. This instinct can be manifested through passive aggresiveness that is not easily noticed but will slowly bring loss to everyone involved. In deeply understanding this matter, this paper attempts to analyze the death instint manifested through passive aggresivenessby depicting a short story entitled “Bartleby the Scrivener.” To do that, this paper will first examine Bartleby’s behaviors that indicate passive aggresiveness. Furthermore, it will explorehow Bartleby’s passive aggresiveness affectspeople around him. The result of this analysis shows that Bartleby’s death instinct which leads him into death is caused by his persistence to have a static life. This form of passive agrresiveness kills his social life and brings anxiety, confusion and anger to people who interact with him.
Highlights
Psychology is a complex issue for it brings mystery and curiousity in studying the mind and the behavior of human being
Passive aggresiveness, can be experienced in social interactions between individuals, it is reflected in some literary works, one of them is “Bartleby the Scrivener” written by Herman Melville in 1853.In the article written in 1998, “Bartleby the Scrivener, A Tale of Wall Street,” it is mentioned that “Most have viewed it as a work of social criticism dealing with the psychological effects of capitalism as it existed in the 1850s
3.1 Bartleby’s Form of Passive Aggresiveness as Manifestation of Death Instict Bartleby, one of the scriveners in the story “Bartleby the Scrivener,” shows death instinct which is manifested in rather peculiar forms
Summary
Psychology is a complex issue for it brings mystery and curiousity in studying the mind and the behavior of human being. Either way, this disorder behavior certainly brings negative results. Passive aggresiveness, can be experienced in social interactions between individuals, it is reflected in some literary works, one of them is “Bartleby the Scrivener” written by Herman Melville in 1853.In the article written in 1998, “Bartleby the Scrivener, A Tale of Wall Street,” it is mentioned that “Most have viewed it as a work of social criticism dealing with the psychological effects of capitalism as it existed in the 1850s Others have viewed it as a philosophical meditation on the human condition, or as a religious parable on religion itself. By having full knowledge of this matter, people involved may respond to this properly
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