INSTRUCTIONS:Write a five-paragraph literary analysis essay analyzing one of the following motifs in The Trial. Argue for a theme that the novel makes through the use of the motif.
Your essay must be 800 – 1000 words, double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point font. The assignment is worth 20% of your total grade.
1 mark (out of 20) per day late penalty. Plagiarism will result in a zero grade.
1.Dominance & Submission:
Josef K & Frau Grubach
The Law (warders / Chief Magistrate / Huld) vs. Josef K.
The Law vs. the Washerwoman
The Flogger vs. the Warders
Leni vs. Josef K.
Huld, Leni, & Josef K. vs. Block
2.Oppression / Suffocation:
Interrogation room: 61
The Court Offices: 86, 87, 91
Huld: 120
Titorelli’s apartment: 170, 178, 184, 188, 197
3.Physical defects:
Kaminer: 32, 33
Fraulein Montag: 94
Leni: 131
Hunchbacked girl @ Titorelli’s: 163
4.Children:
51-54 / 162-64/ 173
Dogs: 216 / 217 / 219 / 228 / 229
