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Wrapping up Part II. Nabokov, in his lecture says: “This is the end of part two. Let us sum up the situation. The sister has become frankly antagonistic to her brother. She may have loved him once , but now she regards him with disgust and anger . In Mrs. Samsa’s asthma and
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Wrapping up Part II Nabokov, in his lecture says: “This is the end of part two. Let us sum up the situation. The sister has become frankly antagonistic to her brother. She may have loved him once, but now she regards him with disgust and anger. In Mrs. Samsa’s asthma and emotional struggle, she is a rather mechanical mother, with some mechanical mother love for her son, but we shall soon see that she, too, is ready to give him up. The father, as already remarked, has reached a certain summit of impressive strength and brutality. From the very first he had been eager to hurt physically his helpless son, and now the apple he has thrown has become embedded in poor Gregor's beetle flesh.” Task: Summarise the closing situation of Part II by commenting on the state of Gregor’s relationships with his family members. You may wish to agree, disagree or extrapolate on Nabokov’s summary. • An afterthought: Is Nabokov right to refer to Gregor’s family members as “parasites”, “morons” and “philistines”? Accurate or too harsh?
