From Bartleby to William Wilso

From Bartleby to William Wilson The power of guilt Introduction: At first hand, there may not be a clear relationship between Melville and Edgar Allan Poe, other than the fact that they are both romantics. This is probably because they are both wildly original and have very definite styles. However, in the short stories reviewed in this essay, I hope to find several interesting connections in their work and in their worries, as well as …

…the weak, Nietzsche would say. And still, invented or simply discovered, it overpowers our characters. No matter how far they try to go, no matter how much they try, they still care. Melville?s character cannot forget or stop worrying about Bartleby, as much as Poe?s Wilson cannot ignore his rival. An so, these two writers, each in their very unique and eloquent way, come to the same conclusion: We care, thus we suffer.