This document provides a summary and analysis of the short story "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka. It discusses the author, plot, themes, symbols, characters, and conclusion. Themes explored in the story include family duty, isolation, sacrifice, and unexpected transformation. Major characters include Gregor Samsa, who transforms into an insect, his sister Grete, and their father. Symbols include the apple, father's uniform, and Gregor's insect form. In conclusion, Kafka's story is an existential allegory about the isolation of modern man.

2. Subject: Translation Theory
Topic: Metamorphosis
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3.  ABOUT AUTHOR
 INTRODUCTION TO METAMORPHOSIS
 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE
 MAJOR THEMES
 SYMBOLS
 CHARACTERS
 MOTIF
 SUMMARY & ANALYSIS
 CONCLUSION
 REVIEW

4. Franz Kafka
 (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924)
 was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and
short-story writer
one of the major figures of 20th-century literature
 explored themes of alienation, existential anxiety,
guilt, and absurdity.
 His best known works include
 ("The Metamorphosis"),
 (The Trial),
 (The Castle).

5. “I write differently from what I speak, I speak
differently from what I think, I think differently from
the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into
deepest darkness.”
― Franz Kafka

6. Metamorphosis shows the difficulties of living in a modern society and the
struggle for acceptance of others when in a time of need.
Originally published:
1915
Genre
A Short story, Novella, Fantasy Fiction, Absurdist fiction.
Original language:
German
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7.  IN LITERAL TERMS, Metamorphosis is a biological process by which
an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a
conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body
structure through cell growth and differentiation.
 The Metamorphosis as it speaks about changes in each character life.
Gregor changes into a vermin which is a metaphor for being sick.

8. Themes in The Metamorphosis include a
 Family duty
 burden of responsibility,
 isolation and alienation,
 sacrifice
 unexpected transformation,
 Franz Kafka has shown a surrealistic transformation in an individual and
its impacts on the relationships

9.  Apple:
 Portrait of the woman
 Fathers uniform.
 Insect form
 Manager

10. Gregor Samsa
• Metamorphosis: the chief conflict appears in his personality since
begining
• both as a man and as an insect Gregor patiently accepts the hardships
he faces without complaint.
• Realization of Gregor
• Influence of physical change in the life of Samsa
• Emotional state of Gregor as insect
• Ultimate reaction of Gregor over his new body
• Death of Gregor.

11.  Sister of Gergor
 As care-taker of Gregor (Gregor’s only strong emotional tie
to his family)
 Metamorphosis of Grete

12.  Nature of Mr.Samsa
 a hopeless and
 unkind man,
 concerned primarily with money,
 who isn’t particularly close to his son
 Father-Son Relationship:

13. The mother
 Gregor’s mother. Frail and distressed, the mother is torn between her love
for Gregor and her horror at Gregor’s new state. Grete and Gregor’s father
seek to protect her from the full reality of her son’s transformation.
The charwoman
 An elderly widow and the Samsa family’s cleaning lady. Taken on by the
Samsas after their regular maid quits because of Gregor, she is a blunt,
honest woman who faces the reality of Gregor’s state without fear or
disgust.

14. The office manager
 Gregor’s boss. Distrustful and overbearing, the office manager insinuates
that Gregor has been doing a poor job at work. He flees in terror upon
seeing Gregor.
The boarders
 Three temporary boarders in the Samsas’ house. The boarders greatly
value order and cleanliness, and thus become horrified when they
discover Gregor.

15.  Metamorphosis
-entire family goes from metamorphosis
-Examples:Gregor,Grete,father
 Sleep and Rest
-lack of sleep and rest
-Examples: Gregor,father
 Money
-Chief concern of Samsa Family

16. Summary and Analysis

17.  The Metamorphosis is the idea that modern society isolates humans from
one another. In the story, Gregor Samsa wakes up one day as a giant dung
beetle. The rest of the story follows his thoughts and actions as he is
locked in his room and cut off from his family and his former life.

18. Kafka's Metamorphosis is an existential allegory of human isolation.
Throughout his narrative, Kafka employs various symbols and metaphors in
order to convey his theme about the isolation of modern man. Gregor: In
the allegory, Gregor, on some level, represents all of humankind

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