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Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

This essay pertain to Kafka's Metamorphosis and analyzes the narrative from a psychoanalytical and a socio-economic perspective. S...

Franz Kafka and the Big Bug

There are four central themes in Kafka's Metamorphosis: the absurdity of life, the disconnect between mind and body, the limits of...

Kafka: Gregor Samsa and Self-Sacrifice

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

The Trial by Franz Kafka

that it is impossible for a mere individual to resist the monolithic nature of an authoritarian state, also can be interpreted on ...

Concepts in Short Stories

cases from the point of view that the person on trial is guilty. There is no presumption of innocence until proven guilty-he start...

Updike’s A&P

John Updikes short story A&P is a story of a young man who makes a very important decision, a decision that will change his life. ...

Going from Adolescence to Adulthood in John Updike's 'A and P'

customer starts giving him hell" (Updike). The initial impression of Sammy is one of adolescence as the presence of the girls in t...

John Updike's A Month of Sundays and Of the Farm Compared

those demons in his closet that he thought securely battened down. His mother will not stop with the accusations and insinuations ...

Animal References in John Updike's 'A and P' and Colette's 'The Hand'

is described as apelike and lowered its claws, and became a pliant beast (Colette, 197)" (Johnny Boy). This critic indicates that ...

Comparative Analysis of John Updike's 'A and P' and James Joyce's 'Araby'

In six pages these two short stories are compared and contrasted in terms of girls' roles in each tale. There are no other sources...

Critically Assessing Sammy in John Updike's Short Story 'A and P'

The protagonist's intelligence as perceived by the reader draws conclusions about Sammy's actions in this paper containing five pa...

Disempowerment and Disassociation in John Updike's 'A Short Easter'

A thematic analysis of 'A Short Easter' by John Updike focuses upon the protagonist's lack of empowerment and disassociation in a ...

Ibsen's A Doll's House, Kafka's Metamorphosis, and Human Limitation

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the works by Henrik Ibsen and Franz Kafka in a consideration of each author's pres...

Book and Stage Versions of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

In 8 pages this paper discusses the theatrical challenges posed by this literary work by Franz Kafka. There are 5 sources cited i...

Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and Fyodor Doestoevsky's Notes From the Underground

In five pages these two works are compared in terms of how the symbolism of researcher and doctor represents 'state' and tradition...

Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' and the Symbolism of Characters and Plot

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...

Themes of Human Limitation in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis'

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

Gershom Scholem and Franz Kafka's Interpretations of Judaism

and we can start to see the representation of Judaism in Kafkas work, Scholem stated that "Although unaware of it himself, [Kafkas...

Albert Camus' L'Etranger and Franz Kafka's The Trial Compared and Contrasted

on a rational and predictable outcome. However, as anyone knows, subjectivity can and does come into play in a courtroom. To assum...

A Foucaultian View of Kafka's The Penal Colony

Kafka story in respect to Foucaults ideas. II. Foucaults Conception of Law First, it is important to note that Foucault was ...

Illness and Death in Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis' and Leo Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich'

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

Significance of Strangers: Carver and Oates

offers insight into the significance of the stranger for his role is to teach the narrator, to make him see in a very new and powe...

Coming of Age: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

revolved around her. She was, in many ways, experimenting with her sexuality as well, a very significant part in coming of age. Sh...

Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?

look at her, playing the woman although she is not a woman. "She was fifteen and she had a quick, nervous giggling habit of cranin...

Where are You Going, Where Have You Been and Everyday Things

say to her" (Walker,56). Maggie views herself as mentally inferior to Dee or as Walker puts it "she knows she...

Emancipation Proclamation, The Debate

This essay summarizes the opposing views of Stephen B. Oates and Vincent Harding on the question of whether or not Abraham Lincoln...

Setting in Stories by Joyce, Oates and Boyle

This essay pertains to setting in of James Joyce's "Araby," Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been," and T. ...

"Where are you going,…" by Joyce Carol Oates,

This essay presents a character study of Arnold Friend from "Where are going, Where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, Three pa...

How Abraham Lincoln Overcame Social and Political Obstacles in the Elimination of Slavery and Preservation of the Union

great impact on the national notions and approach to freedom and civil equality. From as early as his Inaugural Address, Pr...

'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?' by Joyce Carol Oates

appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...