In The Metamorphosis, a novel by Franz Kafka, the protagonist Gregor Samsa Wakes up to realize he is an insect. The tragedy of a working man that maintains his family and that later turns into a useless insect can symbolize the typical male figures worst nightmare, being unable to support his family financially. The figure of an insect can symbolize a similar “disease” that the protagonist on “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was suffering from.
In the “Gender and Pathology In “The Yellow Wallpaper”” by Juliann Fleenor the supposed female sickness is what in those times was known as female hysteria. Which in today’s terms would have been some sort of depression or even stress related illness, but non-the less it was attributed as something that happened exclusively to women. In the defense, with examples, that men can also go through this, Kafka presented a symbolic way a male type hysteria.
To explain a bit about the authors life, he was a sickly child that was rejected by his father. He wasn’t tall, masculine, or strong. Instead Kafka would read and write and his father would comment that those kinds of actions …show more content…
I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.” While Samsa is trapped whit in himself and later on abused and mistreated by his family. Gregor Samsa presented a physical change, but his was well aware of his situation jut like the protagonist in “The Yellow Wallpaper” she is conscious of what is happening to her and her mind yet she decides to please and obey her husband to please him. While Samsa transforms into a hideous insect that stays in his house with an abusive family, because of his love and devotion to them even though the feeling is not mutual. They both suffer from the same “disease”, because of the similarities that they share. However, they are different because of the historical time of each story and how male and female roles were
In the “Gender and Pathology In “The Yellow Wallpaper”” by Juliann Fleenor the supposed female sickness is what in those times was known as female hysteria. Which in today’s terms would have been some sort of depression or even stress related illness, but non-the less it was attributed as something that happened exclusively to women. In the defense, with examples, that men can also go through this, Kafka presented a symbolic way a male type hysteria.
To explain a bit about the authors life, he was a sickly child that was rejected by his father. He wasn’t tall, masculine, or strong. Instead Kafka would read and write and his father would comment that those kinds of actions …show more content…
I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.” While Samsa is trapped whit in himself and later on abused and mistreated by his family. Gregor Samsa presented a physical change, but his was well aware of his situation jut like the protagonist in “The Yellow Wallpaper” she is conscious of what is happening to her and her mind yet she decides to please and obey her husband to please him. While Samsa transforms into a hideous insect that stays in his house with an abusive family, because of his love and devotion to them even though the feeling is not mutual. They both suffer from the same “disease”, because of the similarities that they share. However, they are different because of the historical time of each story and how male and female roles were