Gregor, Kafka, Limbus. An inquiry into Gregor Samsa, and the parallels between sinner and salaryman

"If anyone’s doing the heavy lifting, it’d be us... Hey! Manager Bud! More incoming!" In this episode, I take a look at suffering and redemption in The Metamorphosis, philosophical pessimism, and how Gregor in Limbus Company might be Georg Bendeman, the happiest Gregor yet, or even Kafka himself. Reincarnation is a heck of a thing. Plus of course the traditional (I've done it three times, now it's definitely a tradition) interlude dub! Narrated and produced by Thomas Barker If you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful. https://ko-fi.com/ttt Introduction: 0:00 List of similarities: 03:46 Samsa and Samsara: 12:19 Translation: 18:56 Dubbin': 23:22 Conclusion: 24:52 Outroductiory Remarks: 27:29 References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoso... Ryan, M. P. (1999). Samsa and Samsara: Suffering, Death, and Rebirth in “The Metamorphosis.” The German Quarterly, 72(2), 133–152. https://doi.org/10.2307/408369 Kafka: The Metamorphosis, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Gr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_K... https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-...