In the same paragraph where Gregor asks if he is a beast, he is “determined to reach the sister and tug on her skirt to suggest that she take her violin and come into his room, for no one here was as worthy of her playing as he would be. There were hints that showed me why Gregor was a monster–literally as well as figuratively. So, when I went back to Kafka’s question, I found something in the succeeding sentences I had overlooked on my first reading, which completely altered my view. Several artists have committed heinous crimes and so have the fans.
He has been a victim of a misfortune, and he has suffered more than he can bear.”īut then, those who love music (and art in general) can also become monsters. In my first reading, I told myself, “No, Gregor Samsa is not a monster. “Was he a beast if music could move him so?” (Kafka, The Metamorphosis, Act III) While the three boarders are disinterested shortly, and the parents and the sister struggle to impress them, Gregor is “seduced” by the music, and with a desire to protect his sister, moves towards her. In the third act of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, the three paying guests living with the Samsas, ask Grete (the sister) to play the violin in their room.
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