Part I: The Transformation
Grete runs out of the apartment to fetch this person.
Who is a doctor?
Each time she enters Gregor’s room, Grete runs to this spot first and breathes deeply.
What is the window?
This sound draws Gregor out of his room.
What is Grete’s violin playing?
“Just wait, Gregor!”
Who is Grete?
The narrator describes outrageous events in this tone.
What is blunt (matter-of-fact)?
Gregor’s father bangs on Gregor’s door with this body part.
What is his fist?
Gregor’s secret dream was to send Grete to this place to study music.
What is the conservatory?
The father’s uniform becomes this because he never takes it off.
What is dirty and greasy?
“Come take a look, it’s croaked…”
Who is the cleaning woman?
After his transformation, Gregor no longer likes this drink.
What is milk?
This person is the first to see Gregor transformed.
Who is the chief clerk?
Gregor covers this object with his body so the women can’t take it.
What is the framed picture?
This person discovers Gregor’s dead body.
Who is the cleaning woman?
“There is no basis for all the complaints you’re now making against me…”
Who is Gregor?
The family’s concern that Gregor is ill comforts him and makes him feel human. This literary device describes that.
What is irony?
This is the question Gregor asks himself when he wakes as an insect.
What is “What’s happened to me?”
Five years ago, this happened to the father’s business, leaving the family in debt.
What is it failed?
At the end, the family plans to do this for Grete.
What is marry her off (find her a husband)?
“I’m amazed, I’m amazed. I thought I knew you for a calm, sensible person…”
Who is the chief clerk?
Gregor’s existential crisis comes from losing this, which gave his life meaning.
What is his job (his work)?
After his father pushes him through the doorway, Gregor is left in this condition.
What is bleeding (injured)?
The father drives Gregor back by throwing this fruit, and one lodges in his back.
What are apples?
Grete says the family must shake off the idea that “it” is this person.
Who is Gregor?
“I think it would be best if we tried to keep the room in exactly the same condition as before…”
Who is Gregor’s mother?
Gregor’s decline in Part III mirrors this stage of life.
What is old age?