The Metamorphosis

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect."(Kafka 67)


The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung 1912) was one of jewish novelist Franz

Kafka's most famous works, it was about "A traveling salesman living with his family
wakes to find himself a giant insect. His family is none too pleased and they keep him
locked in room and increasingly ignore him until he finally succumbs to
alienation."(Goodwin). This work, as well as others, reflects what is known as the
"angst."(anguish and anxiety)of this writer, due to the experiences throughout his life: his
relationship with his father and his relationship between art and bachelorhood. Known
for his absurdities and depth, he later became " an adjective - Kafkaesque - a term which
encompasses the absurdity, grotesqueries and depth characteristic of his
work"(Goodwin). Such absurdness is figuring how a man can be transformed into a bug.

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