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        <title><![CDATA[The Metamorphosis is a story by Kafka that is often considered in the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/metamorphosis/q-and-a/franz-kafkas-metamorphosis-comedy-tragedy-why-69439</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Metamorphosis is a story by Kafka that is often considered in the light of Absurdism and going by the portrayal of human condition in the existentialist-absurdist, it is a tragi-comic vision. As Chaplin would have said, from a distance where the particulars cannot be seen, it looks like comedy; the more you close in, the more it resembles a tragedy.But, this Kafka story is difficult to conceive as a comedy.
The element of ridicule...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:18:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gregor's life is characterized by giving to others. He works to support...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Gregor's life is characterized by giving to others. He works to support his family, while they do afford him the respect or appreciation he feels he deserves. Thus, in becoming an insect, he has been freed from this repressive lifestyle. No longer can his parents use him until he is empty: he cannot offer anything to them anymore. Even though he suffers under their cruelty and neglect, he has all the freedom he has ever wanted. He roams about...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:04:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From Gregor's point of view, what might be some positive aspects of his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[From Gregor's point of view, what might be some positive aspects of his metamorphosis into an insect?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:42:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Explain how "The Metamorphosis" can be viewed as an extended metaphor...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Explain how "The Metamorphosis" can be viewed as an extended metaphor that equates the transformation of Grogor into a insect.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:21:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Certainly Gregor Samsa is pictured as the submissive and compliant drone...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/metamorphosis/group/discuss/gregor-and-soiciety-105#2</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Certainly Gregor Samsa is pictured as the submissive and compliant drone who does what is expected and cleans up the clutter left by others. It is an interesting idea that Gregor transforms into an insect that lives by consuming the garbage left behind by others.
Society is cruel to those who shuffle along, doing the expected, never complaining, and underappreciated. Gregor is unwilling to speak for himself and follow his own plan. His...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:33:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what is a great subject to compare between Kafka's "the metamorphosis"...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/metamorphosis/q-and-a/what-great-subject-compare-between-kafkas-99959</link>
        <description><![CDATA[what is a great subject to compare between Kafka's "the metamorphosis" and Marques' "Chronicles of a Death foretold"]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:00:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Up until his metamorphosis, Gregor was the sole breadwinner for the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Up until his metamorphosis, Gregor was the sole breadwinner for the family, which consisted of his parents, his sister, and himself. Gregor's father was both demanding and demeaning, expecting Gregor to pay off his debts and support the family, even though it is traditionally the father's role to be the provider. Gregor went along, submitting to the humiliation and sacrificing his own desires to please his overbearing father.
It make the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:46:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Everyone in the family undergoes some form of transformation by the end...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Everyone in the family undergoes some form of transformation by the end of the story. Gregor changes the most physically, and even by the end he seems to resent his family less and wills himself to die in order to make their lives better.
The father changed bit by bit as the story progressed. He took a job out of necessity and found that he liked the feeling of authority his uniform gave him (even though he was just a bank messenger.)
The...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:07:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What do you make of the end of Metamorphosis? Specifically, toward the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What do you make of the end of Metamorphosis? Specifically, toward the end of the story, what are Gregor's attitudes toward himself and his family?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:40:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gregor plays the role of dutiful son to a domineering father until his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Gregor plays the role of dutiful son to a domineering father until his transformation. The father has relinquished his role as family provider without giving up his sense of superiority. As a result, Gregor's transformation is first terrifying, and then perturbing. If Gregor did not work, who would pay off the father's debts and support the family?
Certainly Gregor's appearance is disturbing. The clerk who came to roust him to work tries to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:01:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Franz Kafka had a poor relationship with his own father, so it is no...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Franz Kafka had a poor relationship with his own father, so it is no surprise that Gregor's father is cast in a negtive light. The second link below explains a little about that relationship and how it affected Kafka.
Gregor's father is a bully--and a lazy one at that. From the beginning Kafka tells the reader that the man racked up debts that he expected his son to repay while he sat at home. To see Gregor as a huge insect now threatens his...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:49:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gregor's father is especially violent towards Gregor and gives him a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Gregor's father is especially violent towards Gregor and gives him a terrible physical injury. What might this symbolize?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:21:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gregor wasn't terribly traumatized by his transformation, which is an...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Gregor wasn't terribly traumatized by his transformation, which is an indication that he is rather ambivalent about everything: life, work, and family. Rather than panic about his new proportions (as a large insect), he fretted about the stress of work and whether he should call in sick.
It's understandable why Gregor is ambivalent when you consider his situation. He is an adult man who has no friends, no social life, and no hobbies. He is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:54:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Consider Gregor as a person. What was life like for him before his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Consider Gregor as a person. What was life like for him before his metamorphsis, both at home and on the job?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:58:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Metamorphosis, The - Feminist Approach]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Metamorphosis, The - Marxist Approach]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Metamorphosis, The - Psychoanalytic/Freudian Approach]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some elements in metamorphosis that can...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are some elements in metamorphosis that can be considered parables?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:19:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The fantasy part is easy - transforming into a giant bug definitely fits...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/metamorphosis/q-and-a/what-relationship-between-realism-fantasy-this-91521</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The fantasy part is easy - transforming into a giant bug definitely fits the definition of fantasy (not able to take place within the realm of reality). However, Kafka then does an amazing job at very realistic showing the conflicts that come from this transformation. He slowly loses the love and support of his family. He suffers from loneliness, hungry, rejection, etc, until finally any human part of him seems completely lost. Through these...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the relationship between realism and fantasy in this story? What...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the relationship between realism and fantasy in this story? What are some details that make the fantastic story credible? 
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        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:14:37 PST</pubDate>
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