The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka

During the twentieth century, life in Europe changed drastically, due to the multitude of events and changes that crowded this century. From the wars to the effects of the Industrial revolution, the lives of Europeans were constantly changing,...

Lu Xun and Kafka’s utilization of the physical body allows for the presentation of personal criticisms towards aspects of modernity and the social, political and economic changes of the movement. Modernity, due to its nature of bringing about...

Whether it be a gender hierarchy or a power system organized by income, human society has frequently fallen back on some form of an unequal power dynamic. Unfortunately, this type of structure can be extremely damaging to those at the bottom of...

When hard times hit, families must often take desperate actions in order to ensure financial stability in their household, and the Samsas in Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis are no different. After Gregor, the main breadwinner of the family, wakes...

There is something about donning on a uniform that makes a man feel invincible and demand the respect of those around him. When times are tough, people tend to look towards the uniformed man for guidance and to help pull them through a difficult...

Communication plays a crucial role in Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” as the loss of communication eventually leads to the downfall and death of the novella’s protagonist, Gregor Samsa. Communication is of vital importance in order for a family to...

What separates humans from the animals we keep in cages? What makes our specific collection of bones classify as human? Over 200,000 years ago, humans evolved into the modern man and since then, brilliant and seemingly impossible feats have been...

The story of The Metamorphosis is a troubling one in that the author, Franz Kafka, left the interpretation of its proceedings open to the reader. Because Kafka did not leave any sort of metaphorical explanation for the short-story, there are many...

Atypical Existentialism Gregor Samsa was a person. A shockingly normal person. He dredged to work every day in spite of his general dissatisfaction, his home was nice enough, his family was there (if nothing else), and, like most things which have...

“Well, … listen, you don’t have to worry about getting rid of that stuff in the next room. It’s all been taken care of” (503). With indifference and a sigh of relief, the charwoman marked an official resignation of Gregor Samsa from his own life—a...