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AIZA
Roll no 2750
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THE METAMORPHOSIS BY FRANZ KAFKA
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INTRODUCTION
Written by in 1912
Published in 1915.
Translated in
English in 1936
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AN OVERVIEW
Part 1Gregor, a travelling salesman,
transformed into a monstrous vermin.
First he tried to lift up his body starting from lower part then he lifted upper part at last he succeeded after many attempts.
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PART 1 CONTINUE…….
While struggling to lift up his body he thought of many things like his uneasy job and about his family's economic situation.
Here a note of 'stream of consciousness can be seen that how Geegor Samsa runs through it.
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PART 1 CONTINUE…….
The manager of Gregor came to Samsa's house as he is not there at job.
Gregor then tried to open the door, he opened the door from his jaws as he is not having human like teeth.
Mrs. Samsa became unconscious as she took the first sight of her son
Manager ran from house as 'he had just burned the sole of his foot'.
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PART 1 CONTINUE…….
Part 1 of novella ends in the
tyrannic attitude of Gregor's
father when he forced
Gregor to go back in his
room through a cane in
right hand and newspaper
in left hand.
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PART 2Gregor is given food by his sister.
She gave him bread and fresh milk
it was the favorite food of Gregor
before his transformation.
Gregor's preferences have changed
as an insect. Now he likes rotten
foods instead of fresh eatables.
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PART 2 CONTINUE…….
Gregor is now isolated and alienated
from family. He is 'imprisoned' in his
room. 'And now the keys were even
inserted on the outside'.
Family is so much disturbed which
can be seen in a situation that there is
no cook in house and not so much
cooking work as no one is eating too
much at this time.
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PART 2 CONTINUE…….
Father then told about financial situation
of the family to Mrs. Samsa and Grete
Gregor now thinks about his sister to
whom he loves much. Grete is very fond
of violin playing and Gregor is having a
plan in his mind that he will announce
about the admission of his sister in
conservatory at Christmas Eve.
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PART 2 CONTINUE…….
Gregor now became totally isolated
that when his sister comes to his
room for cleaning purpose or to
give food. He hides himself under
the couch to prevent his sister from
his sight.
He has totally adapted the habits of
an insect that he started crawling
on ceiling.
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PART 2 CONTINUE…….
Gregor, most of the
time looked out of the
window to view the
world outside.
His sister notices it
only twice.
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PART 2 CONTINUE…….
Grete decided to empty out Gregor's
room so that he can crawl easily.
When they started to bring all furniture
out of room. Gregor suddenly creep over
the picture which was in his room.
Hanging on the wall. In the second round
when Mrs. Samsa caught Gregor's sight
she screamed due to horrified scene of
her son.
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PART 2 CONTINUE…….
Meanwhile Mr. Samsa came
home and attacked on
Gregor with apples.
This part ended in Gregor's
forceful return to his room.
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PART 3Gregor tells about the situation in
which his father sleeps daily.
Samsas hired a new old aged char
woman. She is not afraid of Gregor yet
calls him a dung beetle.
Grete now gives food to him in a
worst way through a broom stick.
Gregor's room is now filled with dirt
and all unnecessary things of home.
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PART 3 CONTINUE…….
Gregor's mind has stopped
working.
Now the family has given one
room of apartment to three
male boarders on rent as a
source of income.
Gregor's family is behaving
politely to boarders.
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THE METAMORPHOSIS--- SETTING
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THE METAMORPHOSIS--NARRATOR
Third person
Gregor’s mind
Creeps in other
minds
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THE METAMORPHOSIS---GENRE
Modernist fiction
Magical realism
Fantastic happenings
Realistic setting
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THE METAMORPHOSIS--- WRITING STYLE AND
TONE OF FRANZ KAFKA
Simple
Run on lies
Concluded lines
Not complicated
vocabulary
Dispassionate tone
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THE METAMORPHOSIS---TITLE
Complex
Not specified
General
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THE METAMORPHOSIS ---PLOT ANALYSIS
Most good stories start with a
fundamental list of ingredients:
the initial situation
conflict
complication
climax
suspense
denouement
conclusion.
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INITIAL SITUATION
Gregor wakes up one
morning and finds
himself turned into a
bug.
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CONFLICT
Gregor is met with
horror and disgust
when he reveals his
new form to his family
and his supervisor.
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COMPLICATION
Both Gregor and his family
attempt to accommodate
Gregor's new condition.
Gregor's family has no idea
how to treat this thing that
he's become.
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CLIMAX
Moved by his sister's violin-playing, Gregor leaves his room in an effort to approach her. He exposes himself to the family's boarders, however, and chaos ensues.
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SUSPENSE
After some
discussion, the family
agrees that they must
get rid of Gregor.
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DENOUEMENT
Gregor dies. Poor Gregor.
On top of being a
loathsome insect, he has
to witness his family's
horror, poverty, and
humiliation.
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CONCLUSION
Relieved by Gregor's death, the family takes the day off and goes out for a trip to the country. Mr. and Mrs. Samsanotice that Grete has become a marriageable young woman.
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THEMES
The Absurdity of Life
The Disconnect Between
Mind and Body
The Limits of Sympathy
Alienation
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MOTIFS
Metamorphosis
Sleep and Rest
Money
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SYMBOLS
The Picture of the
Woman in Furs
The Father’s Uniform
Food
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CONCLUSION
Franz Kafka was alienated from
society, human being, family
specially father, being a Jew from
Germans, not being orthodox Jew
from Jews and being a German
speaker from Czech’s people.
Isolated from creative reward.
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SO
He was socially, culturally,
religiously, linguistically was
under class and out class.
He was treated as ‘others’.
He felt himself worthless
and useless.
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