So I was looking up some pictures of Gregor to get an idea of what other people pictured him as, and I got a lot of different results. A lot of them I expected, like pictures of cockroaches on beds and a few dung beetles, but others surprised me, like one that seemed to be some sort of play adaptation. I've attached a few of the ones I found.
I always love seeing artists' reditions of different literary scenes. Each one seems to take the work with a completely different approach. The first picture is almost comical, while the one with the human head is downright disturbing.
ReplyDeleteI did the same thing when I first read Metamorphosis. I think the last picture is very interesting. It must have been a play or something. It's interesting to see Gregor as a human rather than an actual cockroach, although he mimics a cockroach. It makes you sympathize more with him to see that he still maintains a human shape.
ReplyDeleteThe image in my head of Gregor most resembles the third picture you posted. I pictured him with his human head and vermin body. I pictured his head bigger than the one in that drawing though. I pictured it to be almost the size of his body actually... I've always found it fascinating how descriptions pan out differently in everyones minds.
ReplyDeleteI always imagined Gregor as the first picture. The artist took great care to emphasize the details, especially in his grimy room. I chuckled when I noticed he was reading. All seem to convey the idea that while he may appear as a bug, he is still part human.
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