In stories, symbolism plays a large role in expressing the author's true meaning and emotions. It is a tool that enables the writer to give a completely different meaning to the story they are writing. ... This is evident in his writing's of "The Metamorphosis" and "A Country Doctor". In "The Metamorphosis" Kafka is attempting to express the fact that some people waste their lives and in a way live their lives as a bug would. ... He doesn't say what it is directly, but he uses symbols to enable the reader to peer into his mind and find the true meaning for themselves...

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• Grade Level: High School

Kafka's The Metamorphosis exemplifies great use of imagery throughout the work and at the same time uses it to contribute to some larger meaning in the story. There are multiple occurences where Kafka refers to events such as his struggle to keep his furniture in his room, to keep the picture of the lady, or to merely get out of bed to go to work, that represent his struggle and wanting to return to human form. Kafka uses these events to show the desire and the struggle Gregor experienced in his effort to retreat from his metamorphosis. ... Some of these events include his struggl...

• Word Count: 802
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis there is an issue regarding the victimization of Gregor Samsa. ... In these essays, their respective authors state that Gregor is the victim of the novella, in an effort to make their analyses of Kafka's Metamorphosis. ... The other author that discusses the issue of victimization in Kafka's Metamorphosis is Walter H. ... Santner states that the meaning of Gregor's victimization is related to the segregation from society's standards. ... They all agree on this using those different terms to describes Gregor's situation, even tho...

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German writer Franz Kafka's and American J.D. Salinger's respective masterpieces, The Metamorphosis (1915) and The Catcher in the Rye (1951), examine the universal themes of personal relationships within the context of painful change. ... When Gregor's manager visits, the morning of Gregor's metamorphosis, Gregor says, "Sir! ... Though Metamorphosis and Catcher are distinctively different in style and in content, the protagonists of each struggle with the same themes. ... Kafka's projection of a bitter mood and an ironic, darkly humorous tone thus serves to sugges...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Metamorphosis Metamorphosis is a story that is easily related to this ever so cruel world and the life each of us live today. ... Upon metamorphosis, Gregor could no longer provide for himself, which wasn't a problem, or his family who, he was most worried about. ... After everything he had done for his family, it seemed to hold no meaning to them. ... This was a immature love, which had no meaning. ... In the Metamorphosis, Kafka reminds us of how often certain people and things are taken advantage of. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Both Crime and Punishment by Dosteyevsky deals and Metamorphosis by Kafka deal with guilt we can see how guilt and its causes affected the protagonists Raskolnikov, and Gregor. ... Raskolnikov is feeling hopeless, and life has no meaning to him. ... This guilt of Raskolnikov connects to the guilt of Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis. ... Greogor is now a burden to his family, he is being isolated and neglected from his family, his family is disgusted by his metamorphosis. ... There are some similarities in Metamorphosis and in Crime and Punishment. ...

• Word Count: 1142
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School