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Consider how the author uses the characterization of Gregor and his family to reveal theme.
Book: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka pp. 32 – 44
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Which piece of evidence from p. 38 best supports the idea that Gregor continues to feel human?
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The shift in Grete’s attitude toward Gregor from the beginning of the story to p. 41 can best be described as being from
How does the novel’s ending help to develop Kafka’s message about what it means to be human? Explain using evidence from the text.
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Make sure in this lesson to emphasize that the story ends without ever explaining why Gregor had been transformed. What caused it? Why did it happen? Did he deserve it? The lack of answers hints at Kafka’s message that human life is inherently random and absurd—nothing happens for a reason.
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Analyze how the director of the film interprets Kafka’s novella.
Explain verbally and in writing how Kafka uses the elements of absurdism to develop his message about humanity.
Define “absurdism” and identify and analyze elements of the absurd in the text.
Identify the author’s tone in the opening pages.
Analyze how Kafka develops the conflict between Gregor and the other characters.
Analyze the impact of Gregor’s transformation on himself and his family members.
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Analyze the impact of the author’s use of realistic fiction to address the same thematic question addressed by Kafka in The Metamorphosis.
Analyze the impact of the playwright’s use of dramatic irony in the opening scene of the play.
Analyze Sophocles’s use of techniques common to his genre to develop Oedipus as a character.
Analyze how Sophocles uses dramatic irony in this section of the play.
Begin to define “hamartia” and identify how Oedipus is contributing to his own tragic ending.
Analyze how Sophocles develops his message about fate and humanity in the final portion of the play.
2 days
Analyze Sophocles’s message about humanity as he develops it in Oedipus the King.
Analyze the author’s use of the character of the old man to develop the theme of humanity.
Reread the story, analyzing it as a satire critiquing both Catholicism and human nature.
3 days
Brainstorm, draft, revise, and finalize an original literary analysis essay.
Present analysis of the stories and theme of humanity to a small group of peers.
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