Comparison of Kafkas Metamorphosis and Dali’s Illumined...

A Comparison of Franz Kafkas novel, Metamorphosis, and Salvador Dali’s Painting, â€Å"Illumined Pleasures† In Franz Kafka novel, Metamorphosis, we are introduced to the disappointment that Greg Samsa feels as a result of feeling inadequate through the middle class life he is leading. In this novel, Kafka uses a build up of emotion caused by his own internal struggle and expresses it through this rather perverse story. Like Kafka’s complex and daunting tale, many surrealist painters have used the same emotion and theme through their artwork and through the use dimension, have brought this feeling to life. In the Salvador Dali’s painting, â€Å"Illumined Pleasures†, this same morbid appeal can be found as well. Both of these works of art are†¦show more content†¦And he ultimately gets a taste of the betrayal on the part of his parents who see him as a disease. The try to hide him from guests as if he were a nasty cut on someone’s body. They are in complete disregard with the emotional and overall effects that Greg is dealing with and rather fixate on how they can live without him in their lives. The Samsa household starts to even refer to him in a non-human manner, and starter to call him, â€Å"it.† It is when he is transformed into a bug that we can easily detect the materialism that exists within society with how his family leaves him isolation and later on his unfortunate demise. The book overall takes into a world that although incorporates many qualities that are dominate in our society, it also depicts a story that is reminiscent of a dream gone bad. Surrealist artwork has been a very popular art form because of one particular proponent that has found appeal by many art lovers. It has incorporated many unrealistic qualities and visuals in its work. In Salvador Dali’s Painting, â€Å"Illumined Pleasures†, many of these unrealistic qualities are brought to life on canvas. In this particular painting the overall mood is one filled with violence and clutter. There is more than one scenario painted out in this painting, and all of them generally exude a sense of terror and fright. Dali is able to bring upon some of our worst fears in his