... Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis It is the plight of the existentialist to contemplate the intricate nature of human life, and to be overwhelmed with anxiety about the futility of his own existence. Science, and the reasoning, inquisitive human condition makes it such that humans seek out ordered meaning and ... the existentialist to question the meaning inherent to his existence. The existentialist sees the futility of human actions and decisions, all which end in death, with no real explanation for why it all occurs. The existentialist condition is captured in Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Kafka's The Metamorphosis exemplifies great use of imagery throughout the work and at the same time uses it to contribute to some larger meaning in the story. There are multiple occurences where Kafka refers to events such as his struggle to keep his furniture in his room, to keep the picture of the lady, ... or to merely get out of bed to go to work, that represent his struggle and wanting to return to human form. Kafka ... uses these events to show the desire and the struggle Gregor experienced in his effort to retreat from his metamorphosis. The first case in which Gregor's actions imply ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate