Gregor transforms into this after unsettling dreams.
What is a vermin, insect, cockroach, beetle?
100
Theme exemplified when the Samsa household eventually grows sick of Gregor’s burdensome presence in the house. The limits of ___________.
What is sympathy?
100
Grete plays this instrument, a symbol of her dream for the future.
What is the violin?
100
Prior to being a "vermin," Gregor worked at this profession.
What is travelling fabric salesman?
100
Artistic movement where reality mixes with the bizarre.
What is surrealism?
200
Gregor’s primary caretaker. Goes through her own “metamorphosis.” Is Gregor’s tie to the family.
Who is Grete?
200
Theme exemplified by Gregor’s inability to communicate with his family.
What is isolation?
200
This is Gregor's favorite drink before his transformation. Symbolizes Gregor's changing needs.
What is milk?
200
This is the last item of Gregor's left in the room which he "hurriedly crawled up on it and pressed himself against the glass"(Kafka 33).
What is the lady in furs picture hanging in the frame that Gregor made?
200
This ism developed by Freud in which a person's repressed psychological fears and/or desires are expressed in unconscious ways.
What is Freudianism?
300
Worries about money because of a failed business in the past. Finds a sense of duty to his family after Gregor’s transformation.
Who is Mr. Samsa?
300
Theme exemplified when Gregor's first thoughts after having changed into a bug are getting to work so that he can take care of his family.
What is family duty?
300
Symbolizes a refuge or escape from the rest of the family as well as a place to hide himself so that they won't have to look at him.
What is under the couch?
300
Gregor dies from this.
What is ALL of the following: the wound sustained from the apple, starvation, and sadness?
300
-Ism that states that a person's life is meaningless and absurd until the moment that person finds his or her Purpose in life. The "butter knife" -ism.
What is Existentialism?
400
This character is torn between her love for Gregor and her disgust towards his new form. Wants to keep Gregor’s furniture in his room in case he changes back.
Who is Mrs. Samsa?
400
Gregor is racked by this even though the metamorphosis was not his fault and he can do nothing to provide for his family.
What is guilt?
400
Symbol of Mr. Samsa's power and a Freudian symbol of fear.
What is the cane?
400
This is where the family hopes to move after Gregor dies.
What is a smaller apartment?
400
Term used in existentialism when life seems pointless and meaningless, funny in a dark, sad way as a result of a lack of “true knowledge”
What is absurd?
500
The author, Franz Kafka's friend and editor who save the manuscript of The Metamorphosis from being burned.
Who is Max Brod?
500
Which of the follow is NOT a theme conveyed throughout The Metamorphosis?
a. isolation
b. the limits of sympathy
c. the disconnect between mind and body
d. finding the American Dream
What is D?
500
Object thrown at Gregor which symbolizes original sin, painful new knowledge, or hate passed from father to son.
What is an apple?
500
This is how Gregor's body is disposed of at the end of the story.
What is that the cleaning lady throws it out with the trash in Gregor's room?
500
Adjective relating to the writing of Franz Kafka where people and their lives show alienation from society and are seemingly pointless.