Symbolism In Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

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What may the family dynamic symbolize?

Gregor is very alone, and very estranged from his own room and surroundings. This symbol shows he can’t see the outside of the world the way he did.The metamorphosis at this moment shows strength and confliction of the estrangement that was contributed by the modern world. Even though Gregor is transformed , no one knows in his family yet. They’re not going to open the door”( Kafka 94)so his mom tries to get him up. “Yes , yes thank you mother, I’m getting up now”(Kafka 91)Gregor mind is still the same . Gregor starts to deal with the physical change and more and more behaves more like a insect. He also is noticing he feels okay in small contained areas and dark spaces, between his sofa. His mom noticed …show more content…
Family feels somewhat sorry. Gregor realizes that his father has been selling his jewelry to bring money into the family. Gregor stops eating and sleeping. The new char women talks to Gregor , and stares at him. Gregor actually attacks her because the lady sneaks into his room. The boarders can see this going on, they threaten by saying we will not pay the rent. At dawn the char woman discovers that Gregor is dead, so she decides to get rid off the body. The family sees that Gregor is dead, they cross themselves .Grete whose eyes never left the corpse said.”just see how thin he was .It’s such a long time since he has eaten anything.The food came out again just as it went in”.(Kafka 93)The lodgers that were staying there were suprised there was no food.”Where is our breakfast said the one of the lodgers”(Kafka 137.)One of the char women brought one of the lodgers to the room and showed them the corpse of Gregor. Mr. Sansa kicked the other lodgers out .At this moment they noticed that Grete was getting prettier and prettier , they were thinking now might be a good time to find a husband for her.This was a confirmation of their new dreams and excellent intent for their daughter
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