What might Gregor Samsa’s transformation into an insect symbolically represent?
Gregor Samsa’s transformation into an insect is not merely a physical deformation, but a radical allegory of existential dissolution. This transformation carries a multifaceted meaning, both psychoanalytically and philosophically: Gregor’s insect body embodies Lacan’s concept of the “Real”: a traumatic excess that can never be fully grasped by the symbolic order (language, society, family). Body-surplus:
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