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- # Final Dismissal and Departure
## Overview
This section, titled "Final Dismissal and Departure," is an extracted textual component from the short story [Bartleby](arke:01KG8AJK1PKEBJJCANV911N8JS). It spans lines 1525 to 1779 of its source file, [the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG89J1F4D8P9BBX9AMGZ7TX7).
## Context
This section is part of the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows the section [Escalation of Idleness and Dismissal Attempt](arke:01KG8AK413DHMTKDQ5VF1Q3FCT) and precedes the section [Narrator's decision to move offices to escape Bartleby](arke:01KG8AK419NJXFJB7J37YM881T) within the narrative of "Bartleby."
## Contents
The section details the narrator's attempts to finally dismiss Bartleby from his office. It describes the narrator's initial, seemingly "masterly" plan to assume Bartleby's departure by offering him money and instructing him to leave the key, only to find Bartleby still present the next morning. The narrator's internal struggle between pity and exasperation is highlighted, as he considers various methods to remove Bartleby, including physical force or calling the police, but ultimately rejects them. The section concludes with the narrator's temporary resignation to Bartleby's presence, viewing it as a predestined burden, until the "uncharitable remarks" of professional friends compel him to resolve to "forever rid me of this intolerable incubus." The text includes the narrator's reflections on human nature, charity, and the influence of environment on behavior, referencing the "tragedy of the unfortunate Adams and the still more unfortunate Colt."
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