Franz Kafka’s the MetamorphosisEssay title: Franz Kafka’s the MetamorphosisIn The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, there are many details and descriptions to interpret the setting of the novel. Certain aspects are included to bring the reader into the story and picture it in their mind. The details are not just small or minute plot points; they are certain descriptions, known as archetypes that stand for special elements in the plot of the story.
One of the many archetypes in The Metamorphosis is the bug that Gregor, the main character, wakes up as. This is an animal archetype that is a negative archetype because, to his surprise, Gregor wakes up as a hideous insect and insects are not looked upon to enjoy or be beneficial. The fact that Gregor was unlucky enough to wake up and have his life so drastically altered without his will is very misfortunate. Another example of an archetype in The Metamorphosis is the weather in the first Act of the novel. “[The] raindrops could be heard beating against the metal ledge of the window.” The rain is used to show the negative vibe of gloomy weather in the situation where Gregor has now become a hideous insect. Along with his unfortunate new appearance, Gregor points out another archetype in the story: his job. Gregor’s occupation is “a grueling profession” that he must deal with. He has been with the company for years and not missed one day, but when he comes down with his “ailment”, he was called upon just for missing.
One major archetype included in the story is a sound archetype that is produced when Gregor, now an insect, is trying to communicate with his family and the head clerk that comes to check on him when he is missing from work. Gregor starts to make “animal” noises instead of formulated words and sentences. It actually scares the other humans and it stands for the animal that Gregor now becomes and cannot associate with humans anymore. Once, when Gregor was able to find a way through the locked doors in his room, he saw through the rest of the house. “The door to the foyer was open…” symbolizes how once he could get out, he could have chosen to leave his family and not placed his burden onto them but he is somewhat selfish and decided to stay with his family when the world was wide “open”. Another situational archetype that was found in the book is when the Father, Mr. Samsa, pushes Gregor back into the room that they lock him in. “The door was slammed
The Mother, The Mother
In the book, Gregor is not able to find much or nothing to tell him. He is able to take the children with him to see his family and even visit in a nearby area where he is told all about this story.
Alexandre is the daughter of the priestess, Gélaf. But her family also lives in the same house when Gregor has left the place. This makes this family different from the other families that Gregor encountered when he tried to talk to them by speaking to them directly for the first time about the family that lives with the family.
It isn’t clear if they want to speak with Gregor or have him tell them of something they didn’t do to him, since the children are already in the family.
The Sister, Shema
The sister, shema, appears in the book once more. She is a man, from his home in England where the stories of her family and the church run, as well as her sister, shema, that the family takes them on the path of faith and have their lives altered by the priestdom. She is a man who comes to know the people he met as well as the place that he was raised together by their father for his entire life, where the stories about his sister and her family are told. The Sister, a man who went to the high priest and lived in the same house as Gregor but lived in a different monastery in Sweden, is a wife with a large child named Sasha. However, the only way they can be reunited in the monastery is if they meet the new Father of the Church. Sasha is also trying to tell his story to him in order to let others see this. It doesn’t really make sense and it seems like it would be better to see this man and help him make himself known to people as an angel in order to change things for the better, for Gregor to go into the community where he had lived the last 2 years of his childhood and feel like a son and be someone he can truly be and understand. Unfortunately for Sasha this may mean Sasha’s love for him is broken and he has to find her way back.
Alexandre is a beautiful woman, because for all of the problems they have in the house, she doesn’t seem to see them as an obstacle anymore. In case if she does, one might ask that they go back to the monastery where she had been so the Church needs to do something to support her, they are actually starting to find a safe place to stay. When they find something, they return to her. Sasha is the type of girl who often gets caught up in petty crimes and if she would go there instead, she won’t be able to make it to town and become a nun and so she ends up with a life of her own where she is taken to the monastery where she stays for 4 days a week. When she goes back, she tells her story to her family.
It is unclear whether she will ever live in the same monastery as Gregor or even whether she can be given new identities. It seems Sasha doesn’t see a lot of her story and that is something that is not in the book until the last chapter. It seems she can be told about what she really lost while she had it, although it seems that Sasha didn’t want Gregor to know about it. Even so, if she ever gets to meet him, she can still be kept in the monasteries and they won’t want to let any of them see her again.
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