A Japanese theater company did away with the bug motif altogether and made Gregor a robot. 11. "The Metamorphosis" was on David Cronenberg's mind when he filmed "The Fly" ...

Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis finds its main character, Gregor Samsa, waking up one morning, suddenly and inexplicably transformed into a giant insect.

“The Metamorphosis” by Frank Kafka is a thought-provoking, phenomenal story, with surreal occurrences and absurd themes. Published in 1915, sitting as a mere 75 pages; it is truly a worthwhile read.

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Here’s how his metamorphosis begins: “When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed right there in his bed into some sort of monstrous insect.

Metamorphosis is not all too much like the original story. Gregor becomes a bug, and that’s about the end of the narrative parallels between the short story and the game.

The post-metamorphosis activity that gives Gregor the greatest sense of freedom appears in my translation as “crawling”: he enjoys crawling around the walls and ceiling of his room.

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.” This opening line of Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella The Metamorphosis is ...

Berkoff, 51, first staged ”Metamorphosis” in 1969, playing Gregor himself, and since then has staged it in several cities with other actors.

Metamorphosis manages to whip up an impressive tribute to Franz Kafka in its quick story thanks to its offbeat sense of humor. ... with Gregor rarely ever being shocked at his new form, ...