Kafka's interpretive triptych: The story "The Metamorphosis"

Abstract

The article presents the allegorical novella The Metamorphosis of Franz
Kafka from a biblical perspective. The main character, Gregor Samsa, is compared
to Job and Jesus, the New Adam, and his father to God. The images emerging in the
text reveal their hidden meaning, which in a surprising way shows the connection
with the Holy Scriptures, both with the Old and New Testaments, which may be
surprising in the case of a Jewish writer from the Vltava River. The author uses
Kafka’s other writings, including Letter to His Father, to demonstrate the autobiographical sources. Gregor Samsa–Franz Kafka sacrifices himself to the Father’s
glory. The whole interpretation is inscribed in the philosophy of the Danish thinker
– Søren Kierkegaard.