The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka And A Doll's House

transform them for better or for worse, depending on their internal strength. In A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Nora and Gregor used to live comfortably with their middle-class families in a way that audience goers and readers could relate to. The Helmers’ marriage is traditional for the nineteenth century; Torvald works at a bank and manages the family’s finances while Nora cares for the house affairs and plays with her young children. For the Samsa family, Gregor the

Gregor had become a servant of his work, and, after his metamorphosis, passes that burden up to his father (Marx 3). The father, like Gregor, upsets the natural balance of society in his household by not working, up until the metamorphosis. The family starts to pay off the debts with Gregor’s income and stops after Gregor’s transformation. However, once Gregor, who used to pay the debts, dies, the family can finally go back to paying the debts (Kafka 55). In a way, Gregor dies before his literal death

outsider. Works such as The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield, shows the knowledge of actually being an outsider in reality, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, shows the know-how of merely feeling like an outsider, and Fences by Pat Mora shows how parents can influence if you are or are not an outsider. First of all, sometimes being an outsider is completely unavoidable. The Doll’s House is a short story that is about siblings, the Burnell children, who acquired a doll house and want to show it off

wife)—the determination to remain faithful and to have faith iv. Hector: The need to protect one’s family d. The Underworld—an ultimate challenge, facing the darkest parts of human nature or dealing with death e. Metamorphoses by Ovid—transformation (Kafka) f. Oedipus: family triangles, being blinded, dysfunctional family g. Cassandra: refusing to hear the truth h. A wronged woman gone violent in her grief and madness—Aeneas and Dido or Jason and Medea i. Mother love—Demeter and Persephone 10. It’s more