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'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka and Symbolism

way that he feels about himself is not overly shocking to Gregor. His determination to make his train, the fact that he would even...

Bleak Human Condition in Metamorphosis and In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka

In six pages this analysis of Kafka's works focuses on the themes of fate's ironies and the human condition....

Gregor Samsa in Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis'

In five pages this essay provides a character analysis of Gregor as featured in Kafka's short story. Three sources are cited in t...

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...

Victor Frankenstein, The True Monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

would probably have forced him to consider the ramifications of his work. But since he has no one to answer to save his own opin...

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 ...

Comparing Mary Shelley's Frankenstein To Other Frankenstein Stories

up killing him for revenge and blaming the crime on another. Therefore, while we can clearly see this demon doing wrong, murderin...

Mary Shelley

the year of 1816 that Mary began to write her infamous novel Frankenstein. "She took a challenge, set by Lord Byron, to write a gh...

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...

Personality Metamorphosis of Frankenstein's Monster

Perhaps Victor feels that in giving life to a pile of bones and sinew he can spare himself the pain of death not only for himself,...

Victor Frankenstein's Creation Process

from electricity. But first, he must fashion a body. The proportions of Victors creation is important to the story. He was obvio...

Mill, Marx, and Shelley on the Acquisition of Knowledge

they will assume that the only way to live is the way in which they have been living. Marxs examination of capitalism may be, t...

Monster's Creation in the Writings of Joseph Conrad and Mary Shelley

so moved by the portrayal of Adam that he begins to identify with Adam. Like Adam at the beginning of creation, he, too, is lonely...

Comparative Analysis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these two works in terms of word usage and body concepts. Two sources are cited i...

An Analysis of The Monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

young woman chafe, to say the least, and would cause a great deal of social alienation should she ever seek to breach the social c...

A Comparison of Shelley's Frankenstein and Scott's Blade Runner

forever hovering overhead beckon to the fleeing people that their safety exists in the off-world colonies, demonstrating that eart...

Which is the Hero, Victor Frankenstein or His Monster?

monster could be seen as a perversion of an epic hero, given his greater than human abilities and stature" (Anonymous Synopsis of ...

Good and Bad of Human Nature as Portrayed in Literature

Swift, "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, and "Heart of Darkness" by William Conrad. Gullivers Travels "Gullivers Travels" is a b...

Chinua Achebe and Victor Frankenstein

that he has chosen for himself. Yet when he, after months of disgusting, horrifying work, finally brings his creation to life, he ...

The Exorcist and Frankenstein

possesses a girl. She has no control over this possession and there seems to be no character that actively engages in evil. As suc...

A Feminist Perspective on “Frankenstein”

"varied and prolonged dependence on others" that follows the birth of a normal human (Yousef 197). The creature himself associates...

Women in Frankenstein and Jane Eyre

The character of Jane is sent to live with a relative when she is young, and then sent off to a school. She finds herself applying...

Frankenstein Creature and His Education

begins to interact with the Delaceys he ceases to be just a creature reacting to his own base needs, but begins to develop a consc...

Works of John Keats, Mary Shelley, and Lord Byron and the Common Theme They Share

pains and sees the sadness and realities around him, urging him into a state of despair. In the end there is an understanding t...

Four Classic Literary Works and Human Nature

linked to societal ideas of the early eighteenth century as to what constituted a "proper" middle class English life. This is evid...

Comparative Analysis of Voltaire's Candide, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In five pages this paper examines how society changed from individual acceptance to individual oppression in a comparative analysi...

Classical, Neoclassical, and Romantic Music and Literature

In five pages this report contrasts and compares literary and musical distinctions as illustrated by Voltaire's Candide neoclassic...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Lord Byron's Manfred as Byronic Heroes

In five pages Byronic hero is first defined and then examined as it is reflected in Lord Byron's Manfred and Mary Shelley's Franke...

An Analysis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper analyzes various elements of Shelly's classic novel. This seven page paper has no additional sources listed in the bib...