The Lodgers’ Revolt

The Metamorphosis

This flow follows the family’s attempt to survive through tenants and the tenants’ eventual rejection of the household.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

Tenant Arrangement Tenant Arrangement from "The Metamorphosis". Tenant Arrangement Commercial Home The Samsas rent part of the Samsa family apartment to The Three Lodgers.

Tenant Arrangement from "The Metamorphosis". Tenant Arrangement Commercial Home The Samsas rent part of the Samsa family apartment to The Three Lodgers.

Tenant Arrangement Commercial Home The Samsas rent part of the Samsa family apartment to The Three Lodgers. New Discipline Their presence forces the family to conceal Gregor more carefully and keep every common space orderly.

Servile Hospitality Servile Hospitality from "The Metamorphosis". Servile Hospitality Household Performance The family serves meals and obeys the tenants’ standards of cleanliness.

Servile Hospitality from "The Metamorphosis". Servile Hospitality Household Performance The family serves meals and obeys the tenants’ standards of cleanliness.

Servile Hospitality Household Performance The family serves meals and obeys the tenants’ standards of cleanliness. Lost Dignity The apartment becomes a workplace where the family performs respectability for income.

Violin Demand Violin Demand from "The Metamorphosis". Violin Demand Public Performance The lodgers request that Grete play the Violin in the shared room.

Violin Demand from "The Metamorphosis". Violin Demand Public Performance The lodgers request that Grete play the Violin in the shared room.

Violin Demand Public Performance The lodgers request that Grete play the Violin in the shared room. Misplaced Attention Her music is treated as entertainment for paying men rather than as the expression of her own future.

Gregor’s Appearance Gregor’s Appearance from "The Metamorphosis". Gregor’s Appearance Crossing the Threshold Gregor emerges because the music draws him toward Grete.

Gregor’s Appearance from "The Metamorphosis". Gregor’s Appearance Crossing the Threshold Gregor emerges because the music draws him toward Grete.

Gregor’s Appearance Crossing the Threshold Gregor emerges because the music draws him toward Grete. Tenant Alarm The private family crisis becomes a public breach of the lodging arrangement.

Immediate Notice Immediate Notice from "The Metamorphosis". Immediate Notice Tenant Threat The Three Lodgers declare that they will leave and may seek damages.

Immediate Notice from "The Metamorphosis". Immediate Notice Tenant Threat The Three Lodgers declare that they will leave and may seek damages.

Immediate Notice Tenant Threat The Three Lodgers declare that they will leave and may seek damages. Economic Collapse Their threat exposes how little protection money has provided against disgust and humiliation.

several months after the transformation

during the lodgers’ first evenings

the night of the violin incident

minutes after Grete begins playing

immediately after the violin incident