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but not from his condition. Rather, his melancholy is because of the "raindrops beating on the window gutter" (Kafka, 2002). Rathe...

Willy Loman in Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman. Of course, unlike Loman, it is Gregor who is given the raw deal even though he ...

at the on-site school for the city orphanage, Jessie stood out in my history classroom as if a spotlight were on her. Naturally, s...

the environment obviously desired by Zimmerman. One critic notes that, in regards to this new stage for the production, that "Zi...

or morality/values. In addition, Freud also theorized that inherent in every newborn child is the urge to engage in sexual ...

"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...

wronged, as Philomela was . . . (IV. I. 52). The book is also mentioned in Act V, scene three, when Titus asks Saturninus" the...

is only preserved as a term of reproach" (Plato). He illustrates how the figures of men and women and the third figure were round ...

life choices. Deciding to leave was easy; figuring out where she was heading proved a more difficult choice, one that would ultim...

neither of their parents can stand to be in the same room with Gregor. Interestingly, no one ever tries to communicate with Greg...

it is the men who achieve the most satisfaction (Ovid 1276). The couple decides to allow the sage Tiresias to settle their argume...

having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...

about Gregors change is the way he accepts it without question. The reminder of the book deals wit the consequences of his transfo...

157). Nizynska (2001) writes about Greek mythology as follows: "...both Ovid and Herbert wrote under repressive regimes, and both ...

the police, will not protect her or her family from this predator. As this suggests, this writer/tutor disagrees with the interpr...

(2000) refers to as pragmatists adopt the technology they know they will need in the future. Specifically, the Internet is seen a...

scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...

the market. This sums up the strategy of a company which wishes to be a leader rather than a second mover in...

operators, or the market is dominated by only a few operators, even if they are operating under subsidiary companies giving a domi...

the company machine, and he is equally impotent in terms of his position in the family. He bears the full burden of supporting the...

into death. Both characters are, for the most part, dismissed gradually by their family. They are ignored, and their loved...

and compassion to overcome obstacles when Grete attempts to put forth the effort. It is at this point where the author suggests t...

by some mysterious external power, capable of turning a man into a giant insect, is virtually ignored by the characters: their foc...

In seven pages this paper provides an existential philosophical examination of the story and discusses how it reflects the time pe...

some level, one might surmise that he world is cruel. Gregor was a successful man and supported the family, but when he turns into...

beneath, the concept of such themes will satisfy most readers and explicators of fiction, there may be hidden, deeper meanings in ...

rest of the family. There is a picture of a women wrapped in furs, which hangs on one of the walls in Gregors room. This may be...

startling. It is a wake up call for anyone living in disillusionment. How many people go about their business and do not examine t...

that Byblis argued with herself that such desires were acceptable to some degree: "Twas thought no sin to wonder at his charms,/ H...

real motivation or interest. Therefore, to have his body match the way that he has felt about himself for a long time does not gre...