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* NightmareFuel: Literature/InThePenalColony (can be read [[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm here]]) stands out in this regard, featuring a device designed to induce CruelAndUnusualDeath over the course of several hours.
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* NightmareFuel: Literature/InThePenalColony ''"Literature/InThePenalColony"'' (can be read [[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm here]]) stands out in this regard, featuring a device designed to induce CruelAndUnusualDeath over the course of several hours.
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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: There are (at least) a thousand and one possible interpretations of his work.
* HarsherInHindsight: A lot of Kafka's work becomes tougher to read when you know that in less than twenty years after his death, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust would take place (which would claim the lives of many of Kafka's family and friends). All the surreal and impossible stuff such as nightmarish bureaucracy, intense persecution with the protagonist not knowing why they are being persecuted, and the grotesque torture of the Penal Colony became a reality. Creator/OrsonWelles cited this as the main reason why his adaptation of Film/TheTrial ends on slightly less of a down note than the original.
* MisaimedFandom: Kafka's friends found his most dark and depressing books hilarious. They had a point, though - some pages of ''The Trial'' were deliberately made this way. Alternatively, it could be argued that those who take the stories too ''seriously'' (without recognizing the [[BlackComedy very dark]] but nevertheless present humor) are the ones interpreting them wrong. Kafka himself was said to have laughed himself to tears while reading his work aloud, after all. (And there's a reason he's the namesake for KafkaKomedy.)
* NightmareFuel: "[[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm In the Penal Colony]]" stands out in this regard, featuring a device designed to induce CruelAndUnusualDeath over the course of several hours.
* ParanoiaFuel: His works are filled with this and probably the TropeCodifier for it.
* TheWoobie: The protagonists of many of Kafka's stories, and Kafka himself, especially in his diaries, the overall sadness of his life which ended far too soon.
* HarsherInHindsight: A lot of Kafka's work becomes tougher to read when you know that in less than twenty years after his death, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust would take place (which would claim the lives of many of Kafka's family and friends). All the surreal and impossible stuff such as nightmarish bureaucracy, intense persecution with the protagonist not knowing why they are being persecuted, and the grotesque torture of the Penal Colony became a reality. Creator/OrsonWelles cited this as the main reason why his adaptation of Film/TheTrial ends on slightly less of a down note than the original.
* MisaimedFandom: Kafka's friends found his most dark and depressing books hilarious. They had a point, though - some pages of ''The Trial'' were deliberately made this way. Alternatively, it could be argued that those who take the stories too ''seriously'' (without recognizing the [[BlackComedy very dark]] but nevertheless present humor) are the ones interpreting them wrong. Kafka himself was said to have laughed himself to tears while reading his work aloud, after all. (And there's a reason he's the namesake for KafkaKomedy.)
* NightmareFuel: "[[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm In the Penal Colony]]" stands out in this regard, featuring a device designed to induce CruelAndUnusualDeath over the course of several hours.
* ParanoiaFuel: His works are filled with this and probably the TropeCodifier for it.
* TheWoobie: The protagonists of many of Kafka's stories, and Kafka himself, especially in his diaries, the overall sadness of his life which ended far too soon.
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* HarsherInHindsight: A lot of Kafka's work becomes tougher to read when you know that in less than twenty years after his death, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust would take place (which would claim the lives of many of Kafka's family and friends). All the surreal and impossible stuff such as nightmarish bureaucracy, intense persecution with the protagonist not knowing why they are being persecuted, and the grotesque torture of the Penal Colony became a reality. Creator/OrsonWelles cited this as the main reason why his adaptation of Film/TheTrial ends on slightly less of a down note than the original.
* MisaimedFandom: Kafka's friends found his most dark and depressing books hilarious. They had a point, though - some pages of ''The Trial'' were deliberately made this way. Alternatively, it could be argued that those who take the stories too ''seriously'' (without recognizing the [[BlackComedy very dark]] but nevertheless present humor) are the ones interpreting them wrong. Kafka himself was said to have laughed himself to tears while reading his work aloud, after all. (And there's a reason he's the namesake for KafkaKomedy.)
* ParanoiaFuel: His works are filled with this and probably the TropeCodifier for it.
* TheWoobie: The protagonists of many of Kafka's stories, and Kafka himself, especially in his diaries, the overall sadness of his life which ended far too soon.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Creator/VladimirNabokov gave a lecture on ''The Metamorphosis'', in which he drew on his own experience as a lepidopterist to argue that Gregor, being a giant beetle, in fact had wings, and therefore was capable of flight, but just never realised it. This interpretation has not caught on.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Shows up once or twice in ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for the DownerEnding. Unlike most cases, knowing the ending ahead of time makes the Heartwarming that much more fuzzy... and once you've read ''the entire book'', the DownerEnding becomes that much more tragic.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Modern bureaucracy is alienating, confusing and often brutal in the most banal ways.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: If there are any.
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* MisaimedFandom: Kafka's friends found his most dark and depressing books hilarious. They had a point, though - some pages of ''The Trial'' were deliberately made this way. Alternatively, it could be argued that those who take the stories too ''seriously'' (without recognizing the [[BlackComedy very dark]] but nevertheless present humor) are the ones interpreting them wrong. Kafka himself was said to have laughed himself to tears while reading his work aloud, after all. (And there's a reason he's the trope namer namesake for KafkaKomedy.)
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* HeartwarmingMoments: Shows up once or twice in ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for the DownerEnding. Unlike most cases, knowing the ending ahead of time makes the Heartwarming that much more fuzzy... and once you've read ''the entire book'', the DownerEnding becomes that much more tragic.
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* HeartwarmingMoments: SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Shows up once or twice in ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for the DownerEnding. Unlike most cases, knowing the ending ahead of time makes the Heartwarming that much more fuzzy... and once you've read ''the entire book'', the DownerEnding becomes that much more tragic.
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* HarsherInHindsight: A lot of afka's work becomes tougher to read when you know that in less than twenty years after his death, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust would take place (which would claim the lives of many of Kafka's family and friends). All the surreal and impossible stuff such as nightmarish bureaucracy, intense persecution with the protagonist not knowing why they are being persecuted, and the grotesque torture of the Penal Colony became a reality. Creator/OrsonWelles cited this as the main reason why his adaptation of Film/TheTrial ends on slightly less of a down note than the original.
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* HarsherInHindsight: A lot of afka's Kafka's work becomes tougher to read when you know that in less than twenty years after his death, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust would take place (which would claim the lives of many of Kafka's family and friends). All the surreal and impossible stuff such as nightmarish bureaucracy, intense persecution with the protagonist not knowing why they are being persecuted, and the grotesque torture of the Penal Colony became a reality. Creator/OrsonWelles cited this as the main reason why his adaptation of Film/TheTrial ends on slightly less of a down note than the original.
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* HarsherInHindsight: As great as his stories are and as amazing as his prose is, a lot of his work gets tougher to read when you know that in less than twenty years after his death, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust would take place (which would claim the lives of many of Kafka's family and friends). All the surreal and impossible stuff such as the nightmarish bureaucracy, the intense persecution with the protagonist not knowing why they are being persecuted and the grotesque torture of the Penal Colony became tame compared to how reality turned out to be. Creator/OrsonWelles cited this as the main reason why his adaptation of Film/TheTrial ends on slightly less of a down note than the original.
* HeartwarmingMoments: Shows up once or twice in ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for the TearJerker DownerEnding. Unlike most cases, knowing the ending ahead of time makes the Heartwarming that much more fuzzy... and once you've read ''the entire book'', the DownerEnding becomes that much more tragic.
* MisaimedFandom: Kafka's friends found his most dark and depressing books hilarious. They had a point, though - some pages of ''The Trial'' were deliberately made this way.
** Alternatively, it could be argued that those who take the stories too ''seriously'' (without recognizing the [[BlackComedy very dark]] but nevertheless present humor) are the ones interpreting them wrong. Kafka himself was said to have laughed himself to tears while reading his work aloud, after all. (And there's a reason he's the trope namer for KafkaKomedy.)
* HeartwarmingMoments: Shows up once or twice in ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for the TearJerker DownerEnding. Unlike most cases, knowing the ending ahead of time makes the Heartwarming that much more fuzzy... and once you've read ''the entire book'', the DownerEnding becomes that much more tragic.
* MisaimedFandom: Kafka's friends found his most dark and depressing books hilarious. They had a point, though - some pages of ''The Trial'' were deliberately made this way.
** Alternatively, it could be argued that those who take the stories too ''seriously'' (without recognizing the [[BlackComedy very dark]] but nevertheless present humor) are the ones interpreting them wrong. Kafka himself was said to have laughed himself to tears while reading his work aloud, after all. (And there's a reason he's the trope namer for KafkaKomedy.)
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* HarsherInHindsight: As great as his stories are and as amazing as his prose is, a A lot of his afka's work gets becomes tougher to read when you know that in less than twenty years after his death, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust would take place (which would claim the lives of many of Kafka's family and friends). All the surreal and impossible stuff such as the nightmarish bureaucracy, the intense persecution with the protagonist not knowing why they are being persecuted persecuted, and the grotesque torture of the Penal Colony became tame compared to how reality turned out to be.a reality. Creator/OrsonWelles cited this as the main reason why his adaptation of Film/TheTrial ends on slightly less of a down note than the original.
* HeartwarmingMoments: Shows up once or twice in ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for theTearJerker DownerEnding. Unlike most cases, knowing the ending ahead of time makes the Heartwarming that much more fuzzy... and once you've read ''the entire book'', the DownerEnding becomes that much more tragic.
* MisaimedFandom: Kafka's friends found his most dark and depressing books hilarious. They had a point, though - some pages of ''The Trial'' were deliberately made thisway.
**way. Alternatively, it could be argued that those who take the stories too ''seriously'' (without recognizing the [[BlackComedy very dark]] but nevertheless present humor) are the ones interpreting them wrong. Kafka himself was said to have laughed himself to tears while reading his work aloud, after all. (And there's a reason he's the trope namer for KafkaKomedy.)
* HeartwarmingMoments: Shows up once or twice in ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for the
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** Alternatively, it could be argued that those who take the stories too ''seriously'' (without recognizing the [[BlackComedy very dark]] but nevertheless present humor) are the ones interpreting them wrong. Kafka himself was said to have laughed himself to tears while reading his work aloud, after all. (And there's a reason he's the trope namer for KafkaKomedy.)
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Creator/VladimirNabokov gave a lecture on ''The Metamorphosis'', in which he drew on his own experience as a lepidopterist to argue that Gregor, being a giant beetle, in fact had wings, and therefore was capable of flight, but just never realised it. This interpretation has not caught on.
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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory - There are (at least) a thousand and one possible interpretations of his work.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop - If there are any.
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* HeartwarmingMoments - Shows up once or twice in ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for the TearJerker DownerEnding. Unlike most cases, knowing the ending ahead of time makes the Heartwarming that much more fuzzy... and once you've read ''the entire book'', the DownerEnding becomes that much more tragic.
* MisaimedFandom - Kafka's friends found his most dark and depressing books hilarious. They had a point, though - some pages of ''The Trial'' were deliberately made this way.
* NightmareFuel - "[[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm In the Penal Colony]]" stands out in this regard, featuring a device designed to induce CruelAndUnusualDeath over the course of several hours.
* MisaimedFandom - Kafka's friends found his most dark and depressing books hilarious. They had a point, though - some pages of ''The Trial'' were deliberately made this way.
* NightmareFuel - "[[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm In the Penal Colony]]" stands out in this regard, featuring a device designed to induce CruelAndUnusualDeath over the course of several hours.
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* TrueArtIsAngsty - And ''how!''
* TheWoobie: The protagonists of many of Kafka's stories, and Kafka himself, especially in his diaries, the overall sadness of his life which ended far too soon.
* TheWoobie: The protagonists of many of Kafka's stories, and Kafka himself, especially in his diaries, the overall sadness of his life which ended far too soon.
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* TrueArtIsAngsty - TrueArtIsAngsty: And ''how!''
* TheWoobie: The protagonists of many of Kafka's stories, and Kafka himself, especially in his diaries, the overall sadness of his life which ended far too soon.
* TheWoobie: The protagonists of many of Kafka's stories, and Kafka himself, especially in his diaries, the overall sadness of his life which ended far too soon.
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* MisaimedFandom - Kafka's friends found his most dark and depressing books hilarious. They had a point, though - some pages of ''The Trial'' were deliberately made this way.
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* HarsherInHindsight: As great as his stories are and as amazing as his prose is, a lot of his work gets tougher to read when you know that in less than twenty years after his death, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust would take place (which would claim the lives many of Kafka's family and friends). All the surreal and impossible stuff such as the nightmarish bureaucracy, the intense persecution with the protagonist not knowing why they are being persecuted and the grotesque torture of the Penal Colony became tame compared to how reality turned out to be. Creator/OrsonWelles cited this as the main reason why his adaptation of Film/TheTrial ends on slightly less of a down note than the original.
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* HarsherInHindsight: As great as his stories are and as amazing as his prose is, a lot of his work gets tougher to read when you know that in less than twenty years after his death, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust would take place (which would claim the lives of many of Kafka's family and friends). All the surreal and impossible stuff such as the nightmarish bureaucracy, the intense persecution with the protagonist not knowing why they are being persecuted and the grotesque torture of the Penal Colony became tame compared to how reality turned out to be. Creator/OrsonWelles cited this as the main reason why his adaptation of Film/TheTrial ends on slightly less of a down note than the original.
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* HarsherInHindsight: As great as his stories are and as amazing as his prose is, a lot of his work gets tougher to read when you know that in less than twenty years after his death, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust would take place (which would claim the lives many of Kafka's family and friends). All the surreal and impossible stuff such as the nightmarish bureaucracy, the intense persecution with the protagonist not knowing why they are being persecuted and the grotesque torture of the Penal Colony became tame compared to how reality turned out to be. Creator/OrsonWelles cited this as the main reason why his adaptation of Film/TheTrial ends on slightly less of a down note than the original.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - Shows up once or twice in ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for the TearJerker DownerEnding. Unlike most cases, knowing the ending ahead of time makes the Heartwarming that much more fuzzy... and once you've read ''the entire book'', the DownerEnding becomes that much more tragic.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - "[[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm In the Penal Colony]]" stands out in this regard, featuring a device designed to induce CruelAndUnusualDeath over the course of several hours.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel NightmareFuel - "[[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm In the Penal Colony]]" stands out in this regard, featuring a device designed to induce CruelAndUnusualDeath over the course of several hours.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - Shows up once or twice in ''TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for the TearJerker DownerEnding. Unlike most cases, knowing the ending ahead of time makes the Heartwarming that much more fuzzy... and once you've read ''the entire book'', the DownerEnding becomes that much more tragic.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - Shows up once or twice in ''TheMetamorphosis''...''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''... if only to set up for the TearJerker DownerEnding. Unlike most cases, knowing the ending ahead of time makes the Heartwarming that much more fuzzy... and once you've read ''the entire book'', the DownerEnding becomes that much more tragic.
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** This troper, a former elder care worker, saw ''The Metamorphosis'' as a valid examination of how the elderly and disabled are treated once you look past Gregor Samsa's physical form and just see him as incapacitated.
