Separate and Alone: Alienation as a Central Theme in Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Kafka's Metamorphosis

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October 4, 2013

 

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Though the physical changes may seem to be the least tragic part of both stories, by physically distinguishing the men as different from those around them, the authors are better able to comment on the mental isolation which becomes the worst part of both men's misfortunes. The physical alienation felt by both characters is therefore an impetus for the other forms of alienation that later affect Gregor and Ivan...
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The physical alienation felt by both characters is therefore an impetus for the other forms of alienation that later affect Gregor and Ivan. Both men undergo disturbing physical transformations that change their lives. Gregor's physical change is obvious immediately in the first sentence of Kafka's Metamorphosis...
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