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Symbolism Of Gregor And Gregor In The Metamorphosis

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Monia: Gregor becomes a vermin because that is what he feels he is. He feels like a vermin so he turns into one. Gregor is a very depressed and self-hatred man. He is also clever enough to realize that he is very inferior in his family. He is the patriarch only because he makes the cash that grants his family a cozy life. Gregor is just showing on the outside, in his spider-likeness, how he feels on the inside. If he receives proper care and love rather than alienation, disrespect, and neglect from his family, he could have been able to transform his outside back into human form. Symbolism plays a great role in The Metamorphosis. Two examples from the text can be drawn to illustrate this point. First, Gregor assumes that it was a dream when
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