Gregor Samsa

Bartleby is described through the perspective of his employer who becomes exasperated by the overtly mysterious scrivener. In “The Metamorphosis,” Gregor Samsa finds himself transformed into a cockroach and cannot attend work which in turn ceases his role as the provider of the family. The surrounding characters’ faulty ideologies of Bartleby and Gregor creates conflict seen through the contrasting styles of narrative and characterization; representing the loss of…

family life and conveyed this apprehension in his fiction”. (Puchner, 1878) During Gregor’s time in captivity in his room, he overhears his father speaking to his mother and sister about the collapse of his business 5 years prior, which was what put Gregor into the position of having to be the family breadwinner. As he intently listens to his father explaining what happened, he thinks back to that time when he had to step up at his own place of employment and “…his only concern had been to do…

self. Ovid’s proposition in his Metamorphoses, In the Flesh by Victoria Pitt, Plato’s Symposium: “Ladder of Love”, and Bodies Under Siege by Armando Favazza , convey the notion of body modification as it relates to the treatment of the identity of Gregor in Kafka’s’ “Metamorphosis”. The significant alteration of…

The title in it of itself creates a new layer of comedy as it contrasts the beautiful idea of transformation and changing with the idea of becoming less than human. This can all be seen in the first scene, “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he founds himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect”, it immediately creates a sense of comedy, as the physical process of devolution has occurred but yet all of his mental faculties remain like…

“The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka is a short story that enunciates certain psychological aspects of his life and influences the life of his character, Gregor Samsa. Franz Kafka often wrote short stories such as these because that was his way of expressing his emotions that he could not express elsewhere because of his father. His father was a large, successful business man who would often disapprove of Kafka for being himself, and not being the man he wanted him to become. He forced Kafka to…

Leaving off to college, there are quite a few seniors who are worried concerning the topic of money, and debt. Debt, however, is not always a negative circumstance. Debt helps the economy, build and thrive. Owing another money promises that there will be extra money, and that there will be additional production. Extra production means added wealth; it is a continuing circle of events. Numerous situations can cause one to be in debt, and when the situation is not handled, this is when debt…

of the many traits that lead to his downfall since he is willing to help out others more than he does for himself – even though this trait of Gregor is perceived as an act of kindness, it actually has a negative impact on himself; his responsibility of helping out his family is a huge contribution towards his existentialist crisis. As an illustration, Gregor is easily tricked by his family that they were low in income, resulting in him having to take part of a job that he clearly despises due to…

Analyse the representation and formal importance of transformation with regard to two texts studied so far. Metamorphosis, meaning change of form, underpins the process of transformation in Kafka’s The Metamorphosis (1915) and Ovid’s Metamorphoses (008AD). Present throughout Kafka’s text is the political instability of central Europe during the early 1900’s; the social and militaristic unrest of the Second Reich was rife in Kafka’s home city of Prague. The grim reality of Gregor’s metamorphosis,…

Music is the creative art form that enables Gregor to rekindle his love for his sister Grete, and also provides Gregor with unknown nourishment that satisfies the need for beauty in his life. Grete’s violin playing “forces Gregor out of his confinement, and moves him to show his appreciation for the beauty of her violin playing that no one else could express.” (Pg. 46) Gregor’s persistence…

declines and it becomes impossible for a balance to occur. These two changes might seem like small adjustments, they however, had a significant role in Gregor’s life, as they served as a symbol to demonstrate his decline in as a human in society. While Gregor may have escaped the situation, he has still lost, as he allowed himself to be a victim of the treacherous cycle of the body and physical world destroying the mind and eventually, one’s soul. The similar battle of the mind verses the…