The lingering sickness in his body fled, gone for good. He had never seen nor heard of sorrow or sickness or poverty. I felt a sickness in my stomach at the news, in spite of having surmised as much. ...
Grete Samsa, Gregor's sister, most definitely goes through a "metamorphosis" as does every member of the family. Before Gregor's change, Grete is described as a "useless" daughter. She has taken violin lessons, but she isn't very good. She doesn't leave the house often. She is timid and seemingly afraid of the world.
I'd say that's fairly true. As a writer myself criticism can point out faults if used correctly
The Shakespeare Stealer is a 1998 historical fiction novel by Gary Blackwood. Taking place in the Elizabethan-era England, it recounts the story of Widge, an orphan whose master sends him to steal Hamlet from The Lord Chamberlain's Men. If we skip the opening setting of Mistress MacGregor's orphanage, then the three settings of The Shakespeare Stealer are the rectory in "the nearby hamlet of Berwick"; the home of Mrs. and Dr. Timothy Bright, a medical practitioner who had studied at Cambridge and who was also the rector of Berwick; Simon Bass's home in Leicester; and the city on the Thames, London City, home of the Globe Theatre.
