... late to work. His father eventually appears and drives Gregor back into his room. The Metamorphosis has tended to focus on the psychoanalytic and symbolic nature of the story. (Psychoanalytic is a method of psychiatric therapy originated by Sigmund Freud in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are used to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and ... internal conflicts.) Many readers view the theme of alienation from humanity at the center of the story and interpret Gregor's transformation as a kind of metaphor. Many c...

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... Gregor's death; they forget about it. Eric Santner also discusses the issue of Gregor being a victim in his analysis on The Metamorphosis. The first line of his analysis says: " The story of Gregor Samsa is an initiation into a universe of abjection" (p.195). Abjection is the word Santner uses to depict Gregor Samsa as the victim in the story. It means " the condition or estate of one cast down; abasement, humiliation, degradation ... on this using those different terms to describes Gregor's situation, even though they take different approaches to it as a result of their diverse studies...

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Not a single mind can hold the full conception of what the world is, as it is too varied and immense. One seeks to embrace the world with reason from elements of one's own individual universe but fail to find a system in which to follow. This constant struggle is why certain characters in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis-, John Updike's Gertrude and Claudius, and Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman- rely on the untouchable perfection of Platonism as a place to direct their faith. The main character of each literary piece undergoes a form of enslavement, escapism, and eventual freedom by death...

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