Comparing Metamorphosis to The Outsider The Outsider‚ by Albert Camus‚ and Metamorphosis‚ by Franz Kafka‚ are similar in many respects. The protagonist in The Outsider‚ Meursault‚ and the protagonist in Metamorphosis‚ Gregor are very similar. In the introductions of both stories‚ we get a glimpse at what the is like for them and their families: both are faced with kin that can be viewed in a negative light. After morphing into a bug overnight‚ Gregor is met with a family that is reproached by his
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viewed as irrational and absurd. The French literature novel‚ The Outside‚ written by Albert Camus focuses on the judicious meaning of human existence and the lives of individuals. In 1957‚ Camus was awarded with the Nobel Prize in literature “for his important literary production‚ which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times.” (Novel Prize Literature) The Outsider concentrates on the rational meaning of human existence and the lives of individuals
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The Trial by Franz Kafka as an Autobiography Franz Kafka was a very intelligent writer of his times. Kafka was born in Austro-Czechoslovakia. He was mainly a writer of short stories‚ and complex diaries‚ yet he did publish a small number of novels. The works of Kafka have been interpreted as allegorical‚ autobiographical‚ psychoanalytical‚ Marxist‚ religious‚ existentialist‚ expressional‚ and naturalist. His novels have a wide variety of interpretations. Of his novels‚ The Trial is one
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pieces of literature. In Albert Camus’s novel The Outsider‚ there are a variety of social groups that are portrayed in a negative light‚ but the most prominent is the female population. Throughout the book‚ many women are disregarded‚ or are seen as unimportant. From Marie to Meursault’s mother to Raymonds mistress‚ each woman is portrayed as destitute and desperate for love. Thus‚ Camus uses the character of Meursault to present women as shallow and naive to the audience. Camus portraying women this
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Existentialism in Camus‚ the Outsider’ and Kafka’s‚ The Metamorphosis’ Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Albert Camus’ The Outsider‚ both feature protagonists in situations out of which arise existentialist values. Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe‚ regards human existence as unexplainable‚ and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one’s acts. In The
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Albert Camus’ The Outsider from an Ecocritical Point of View Vikram Jyoti Das EGE10026 Meursault- the protagonist of Camus’ The Outsider is shown as being influenced by nature. His character and actions are indicative of how an individual is affected by the environment in which he dwells and how a change in the surroundings affects his psychology. The character of Meursault also portrays the biological evolutionary notion of adaptability and how a superior species
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Franz Kafka was different‚ a man bent on portraying changes everywhere. Kafka was also a man consumed by death‚ consumed by the fact that he might eventually die. One man who was greatly affected by his fathers negligence of him‚ and a social deviance about him which held him back from interaction. Such a man was so afraid about what society thought of his writing‚ that he never widely published his works‚ and even asked a friend to burn all manuscripts. Not only was Kafka Jewish‚ he resented
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Existentialism arose during the bleak years of the Second World War to provide meaning in a Godless universe. Albert Camus illustrates this connotation of existentialism in his novel The Outsider. Camus focuses around the main character Meursault‚ who is on a journey of becoming a true existentialist. Meursault’s actions eventually lead him to an unnecessary court trial for his lack of emotion as opposed to the actual murder he committed. Through his futile imprisonment he accepts the consequences
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Gregor Samsa’s sister‚ Grete‚ in The Metamorphosis‚ by Franz Kafka‚ seems to undergo a metamorphosis that is parallel to her brother’s. As Gregor takes on the characteristics of an insect‚ Grete gains her independence and maturity. Before Gregor’s transformation‚ Grete seems to be his only close companion. She writes letters to him while he is away from home‚ and her first words to Gregor in the story are kind and caring: "Gregor? Aren’t you well? Are you needing anything?" (368). Later in the story
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“Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka and “The Outsider” by Albert Cammus say about social conformity? “Metamorphosis” is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1912. It is set at an unknown European city at the same time it was published It narrates the story of a typical salesman of in an industrialized society who wakes up one morning transformed into a giant cockroach. The novel tells about how his family deals with this event‚ and how Gregor (the salesman) eventually dies. “The outsider” is also a short
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