... , voluptuous girl," throughout the narrative while Gregor, the traditional male house supporter, deteriorates and turns into a beetle (Kafka 118, Straus 652). Gregor's metamorphosis demonstrates the dismantling of an overworked traveling salesman, while Grete experiences an internal metamorphosis that comparative to Gregor being a beetle, Grete can be said to turn into a butterfly, and Grete is described by her parents as, ... beauty, represented as Grete, refuses to save the beast, Gregor, condemning him to death (Sokel 204. This alternate interpretation of the novella's title explains...

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