Grete is shown to have a great relationship with her brother. However, no relationship is safe from hardships and this is nowhere as true as in Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. Kafka uses phrasing and word choice to memorably illustrate the gradual degradation of Grete’s relationship with Gregor.
From the beginning of the novella, Grete is shown to have great respect for her brother. This is supported by the way she tries to get Gregor out of is room in chapter one. The way each family member tries this is used by Kafka to show their personality. The father as a short fuse and violent tendencies the mother cares but mostly since he gets them money. However when Grete tries to know what is going on Kafka writes that she whispers “Gregor, open the door, I beg you”(Kafka 7). Grete as great respect for her brother as she knows the sacrifices he made to help the family financially this is supported by the word beg which connotes that feeling of respect. He also writes that she is whispering the choice of the word whisper instead of spoke softly shows us that the relationship is a relationship of love and trust as Whispering as connotations of softness and trust. Kafka also uses the punctuation to illustrate how the sadness and genuine worry she is feeling for Gregor. He does this by having three commas in a seven-word sentence creating a slow methodical and segmented feel to Grete’s words showing the reader that she worried for her brother’s well-being and on the verge of tears as she is segmenting her sentence. …show more content…
Franz Kafka’s use of word choice and phrasing to show the reader how Grete’s relationship with Gregor deteriorated throughout the creates a sad yet satisfying character arc for Grete. Her experience with Gregor changed her and made her into the strong young woman she is at the end of the novella in some ways we can say that she to went through her own
From the beginning of the novella, Grete is shown to have great respect for her brother. This is supported by the way she tries to get Gregor out of is room in chapter one. The way each family member tries this is used by Kafka to show their personality. The father as a short fuse and violent tendencies the mother cares but mostly since he gets them money. However when Grete tries to know what is going on Kafka writes that she whispers “Gregor, open the door, I beg you”(Kafka 7). Grete as great respect for her brother as she knows the sacrifices he made to help the family financially this is supported by the word beg which connotes that feeling of respect. He also writes that she is whispering the choice of the word whisper instead of spoke softly shows us that the relationship is a relationship of love and trust as Whispering as connotations of softness and trust. Kafka also uses the punctuation to illustrate how the sadness and genuine worry she is feeling for Gregor. He does this by having three commas in a seven-word sentence creating a slow methodical and segmented feel to Grete’s words showing the reader that she worried for her brother’s well-being and on the verge of tears as she is segmenting her sentence. …show more content…
Franz Kafka’s use of word choice and phrasing to show the reader how Grete’s relationship with Gregor deteriorated throughout the creates a sad yet satisfying character arc for Grete. Her experience with Gregor changed her and made her into the strong young woman she is at the end of the novella in some ways we can say that she to went through her own