Symbolism in The Metamorphosis Essay

Metamorphosis Symbolism In the story “Metamorphosis”, by Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa’s father throws an apple at Gregor’s body, the apple causing him pain symbolizes the relation between Gregor’s physical and emotional struggling. Before the catastrophe of the apple being thrown took place, Gregor possessed signs of suffering, as for when he initially woke up and realized he was a bug Gregor had sharp aches and itches on his left side. His job before the transformation caused Gregor some unoticable pains in his life. This amount of stress was Gregor’s emotional pain which was portrayed through the small itch on his side. Kafka writes “ he found the itchy part, which was entirely covered in white spots- he did not know what to make of them...for…

Symbolism In “The Metamorphosis” Franz Kafka portrays a very chaotic universe the whole story is very random, and has one of the most unfolding outlines to a story I have ever read before. Franz Kafka story throughout the whole story talks a great deal about symbolism. It all goes into play when Gregor turns into this giant insect one day as he awakes from a deep sleep to go to work. Gregor life turns upside down from that point as his family turns their back on him for not being able to…

reader feel sympathy for him because of his confusion in his mind. Towards the middle of the story Gregor “inconsistently darted madly” (18) around the room when his father was chasing him, which symbolizes Gregor’s chaotic state of trying to live up to his father’s approval because he “didn’t want to let his family down” (11) and how he feels “useless in his present state” (27). Kafka describes Gregor as “simply happy” when Gregor finds solitude in his own body, which shows that Gregor can…

often look at style, prose, plot line, consistency, the best writers are the ones that can combine these mediums into one piece that is engaging and meaningful. These mediums are very important tools of literature, but it can also be argued that what is not said is just as or even more important than what is. The influence of symbolism gives a story depth and can take flat characters, elevate and give them dimension. Symbolism is very evident in much of Kafka’s writing. The simple definition of…

There is one element that is present in all great literary works, without which the works would be one dimensional and drab. Symbolism is a necessity in literature, adding depth to stories and characters. A common misconception about symbolism is the belief that only objects can be symbols when in actuality anything can be a symbol, including actions. Though literary works may vary widely, symbolic actions can connect them. An example of this connection is visible between Death of a Salesman by…

“The Metamorphosis” (1915), symbolism is using widespreadly. The metamorphotic process of Gregor Samsa, in the book, the insect that Gregor has becomes a symbol that represents the social situation of the middle-class life. Not only the situation, but also reflects the social issues behind, which are like how significant are the jobs and how money plays the role in the society at the time Kafka lived. The metamorphosis of Gregor also represents the real status that Gregor is in his family and…

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 Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a book full of symbolisms; the whole book itself is a symbolism. No one knows what the book symbolizes due to Kafka passing away. However, that has not stopped many others trying to solve what the book stands for. There are hundreds of theories for what this book and the objects in this book could symbolize. In this essay the object that will be looked at is the picture that Gregor had up in his room, the women dressed in fur. Pictures can tell you a lot…

The short novel The Metamorphosis, written by Franz Kafka, is one that relies on heavy symbolism to develop complex themes throughout the novel. In the book, a dejected and depressed travelling salesman named Gregor Samsa awakes in his room finding himself mysteriously transformed into a human sized insect, commonly believed to be either a cockroach or a dung beetle. He futilely attempts to get out of his bed and go to work, all while pondering his meek and insignificant existence, wondering how…

Family is supposed to do anything for you and vice versa. Change is hard for many but, family is supposed to stick like glue. A home should be a safe place. Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” uses symbolism of the metamorphosis of a cockroach to represent natural change, and to show the conditional love Gregor has to live with. When Gregor wakes up to find out that he has transformed into a cockroach, he seems unsurprised like it is just another day. “What has happened to me? he thought.…