Metamorphosis: A Žižekian Barren of Desire
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 6, Issue 4
Abstract
In this modern world man is trapped in a kind of chaotic and psychic world which he unconsciously loses his real self. The Metamorphosis is a story of Gregore, a hard worker man which his entire struggle is to fulfill his family’s desire. One morning after uneasy dream he awakes and finds himself as a bug. This change occurs in response to Gregor’s mysterious being that shows itself in a form of monstrous vermin. This change is the logical consequence of Gregor’s reduction to a real self (being, essence) and his consequent destruction are conditioned by a parallel change is to fulfill the longing of Other. In Žižek’s view it is the ideology of Other cause the subject follow the Symbolic order rules and given enjoyment to it. The enjoyment of the Other seems all the more powerful and all the more threatening. The fundamental point of psychoanalysis is that desire is not something given in advance, but something that has to be constructed. In Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregore’s family behavior is like an Other and they desires him to submissive what they wants. Obviously in this story by challenges of the industrial world the character doesn’t have any psychic solace and he has inner dispute while he feels guilty for what he unfulfilled.
Authors and Affiliations
Ismaeil Jangizahy٭| M.A student of English Language, Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd branch, Iran. email: ijangizahy@yahoo.com, Shahram Afrougheh| Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature, Post Graduated Department Boroujerd branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd, Iran.
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