Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Still further to a satisfactory arrangement, I procured a high green folding screen, which might entirely isolate Bartleby from my sight, though not remove him from my voice.

What does the folding green screen represent in this excerpt from Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener"?

the narrator's loathing of Bartleby's existence

the figurative wall that existed between them all along

the narrator's deficient understanding of human nature

the distrust that remained between Bartleby and the narrator

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Kyleigh Murray

10 July, 16:22

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Still further to a satisfactory arrangement, I procured a high green folding screen, which might entirely isolate Bartleby from my sight, though not remove him from my voice.

What does the folding green screen represent in this excerpt from Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener"?

the narrator's loathing of Bartleby's existence

the figurative wall that existed between them all along

the narrator's deficient understanding of human nature

the distrust that remained between Bartleby and the narrator

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Haley · Answer 1

the figurative wall that existed between them all along

Explanation:

This figurative wall, this separation, is represented in the excerpt as a high green folding screen: " I procured a high green folding screen, which might entirely isolate Bartleby from my sight".

Nathanial Barrera · Answer 2

I Believe The Answer is; B. The figurative wall that existed between them all along.

This is through the studies ive found when i read "Bartleby the Scrvener".