Gregor's metamorphosis is a metaphoric journey through the basic points in Freudian psychoanalytical thought. Freud includes three levels of consciousness in his works, the super-ego, ego, and the id. The ego is concerned with reality, id with the subconscious, and the super-ego is a link between the ego and the id.
             The Metamorphosis is a story by Franz Kafka about a man named Gregor Samsa who one day wakes up to find himself "changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin". The mutation occurs the night before in his "unsettling dreams" and appears to be solely physical because Gregor maintains all of his human mental capacities.
             One level of consciousness, the super-ego, is the link between the other levels of consciousness. It contains human emotions. Gregor lacks several aspects of life that are essential to people's emotional stability. One presence he is deficient in is love. Throughout The Metamorphosis, evidence of Gregor's love by his family, or lack there of, is constantly present in the story.
             Gregor may be in separation emotionally from his family before his metamorphosis even takes place. Walter H. Sokel says in his work "Die Erziehung zur Tragik" that Gregor's locked door indicates that Gregor was previously removed from the Samsa circle of family union. He also states that the physical aspects of Gregor's room, such as the confined feeling that the furniture creates, is a microcosm of Gregor's life. The furniture traps Gregor in his room, just as the Samsas have trapped Gregor for financial stability (Sokel, 169).
             The only source where Gregor receives love after his metamorphosis is from his sister. One example which expresses Gregor's craving for love appears directly after he wakes up. Kafka writes, "In fact, Gregor felt fine, with the exception of his drowsiness, which was really unnecessary after sleeping so late, and he even had a ravenous appetite" (Kafka, 5). Alexander Taylor explains in his...