Essays on The Trial
Written at the beginning of the 20th century “The Trial” depicts “the rise of bureaucracy, the power of law, and the atomization of the individual” (Smith, 2008, p. 9), which are allegorically reflected in a story about Joseph K., a bank employee who is accused of unspecified crimes. This rather surreal and pessimistic narrative begins...
Considering Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and The Trial in light of the specific techniques used in relation to the theme of time, this essay will look into a number of areas falling under the figurative approaches and altered narrative devices used found in these texts. The Metamorphosis relates a sequence of events which are directly...
Introduction In The Trial by Franz Kafka uses visual and spatial imagery to place his readers in the shoes of Joseph K. (K.), who represents the people as a whole, who are constantly the subjects of the Court, which is a paradoxical mix of machinery and human – quite out of reach, but also very...