Gender Roles In The Metamorphosis

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In our third and final Interactive Oral we discussed the significance of the title, how gender roles were shown throughout the story, and what the story would be like if the Samsa's were wealthy. When we talked about the significance of the title The Metamorphosis I felt like people had similar ideas. Many of them believed Kafka purposely made every character go through their own metamorphosis. Personally, I think that although everyone went through at least some change, the title was directed towards Grete and Gregor. Gregor goes through an obvious transformation, but Grete's is a little more subtle. She goes from an immature girl to a beautiful young woman, which is symbolized by her stretch at the end. The stretch represents her completing

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