Question

10. In paragraph 46, Gregor watches out the window, noting the "great sense of freedom" he used to have doing this but no longer feels. Explain the significance of these lines, as well as the imagery incorporated.​

Answer 1

This question is about "The metamorphosis"

Answer and Explanation:

These lines show that the feeling of freedom that Gregor felt became a feeling of oppression. Firstly, because the old habits he maintained, no longer fit his reality, he is dehumanized and can no longer feel the comfort points he felt during his own humanity, he is displaced from his own world. The window also began to represent the discomfort she caused her brother because of his condition. That's because, although she didn't complain, she couldn't stay in the same room as him with the windows closed.

The imagery in this text is shown by the description of Gregor's attempt to climb into the chair and position himself in the window, in the way he looks at the world outside his room and in the way his thoughts are released.