METAMORPHOSIS ESSAY 2 :]

METAMORPHOSIS ESSAY 2 :]

In the novel, The Metamorphosis, written by F. Kafka, symbols were used to play an important role. Also to add to the meaning of the work as a whole these symbols played an important role because they were the main elements Gregor faced throughout the novel.
The first symbol was Gregor getting turned into a bug. The bug represents isolation because he was not allowed out of his room. He was isolated because his family didn't want anyone to see him as this bug. Gregor went from being the hero for his family, into nothing but a bug.
Another symbol is the door and the window. These symbolize freedom to the outside world. These are Gregor's way's to get out of isolation, and into the outside world. Ever since he was turned into a bug from waking up from a dream, Gregor never went outside; he never even got to leave his room.
How these symbols relate is that all Gregor had to do was go outside in the outside world and he could get out of his isolation from the world. Of course he didn't do so, and ending up dieing while being isolated. Gregor had many chances to leave his room, and go to the outside world, but he chooses not too. He would have rather stayed in his room, and live with his family like that. All and all, these symbols contributed to the work as a whole. Isolation was the main symbol and what Gregor Samsa lived in. The window and door were his way of freedom in the outside world. Instead he chose to live with his family, and end up dieing from isolation.