“So, you have come to look at the BEAST, have you? » There is a theory that dream and myth are linked, which is conveyed through the writing of Kafka by Douglas Angus. Metamorphosis and Tale "Beauty and the Beast" and supported by Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Stories are very symbolic when they tell of the metamorphosis of a human being. Unlike Beauty and the Beast, in The Metamorphosis some suggest that love is received through acts of cruelty, but in reality it seems that cruelty results in heartbreak. Due to being a beast, repulsion requires true love that can achieve "magical transformation". This "magical transformation" is not carried out and creates a plot twist derived from concepts from "Beauty and the Beast". Douglas Angus conveys the similarities between Gregor and the story “Beauty and the Beast” through his writings (Kafka's Metamorphosis and Tale “Beauty and the Beast”). Gregor and the Beast were important at one point, especially to the people around them. Due to unfortunate circumstances that result in their transformations, they disgust everyone. The Beast was not always a beast, but actually a prince who refused to take in an enchantress because she disguised herself as an ugly beggar with an unattractive appearance. This relieves his superficiality and evil heart that cursed him and transformed him into a beast. As a result, the Beast hides in his castle and his curse can only be broken if his love for someone returns to him. The Beast successfully hides in his castle for many years until he is revealed to the town by Beauty. Beauty and the Beast fall in love with each other, but the townspeople are terrified of the Beast and want to kill him. The significance of this event is a...... middle of paper ......nsformation (journey) and hope is restored. “Beauty and the Beast” and “Metamorphosis” are similar in the concept of death, yet love does not bring Gregor back to life, but the Samsa family. At the beginning of the story, Gregor doesn't seem to love his family, he seems trapped. Yet “he thought of his family with deep emotion and love”. (Kafka) In a sense, the Samsa family had become the Beast and needed love to have a “magical transformation”. Gregor's love allowed the Samsa family, especially Grete, to end the story with a feeling of rebirth/transformation. (Cycle)Kafka, Franz. Metamorphosis. Trans. and Ed. Stanley Corngold. New York: Bantam, 1972. Print. Angus, Douglas. Kafka's Metamorphosis and the tale "Beauty and the Beast". The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 53, no. 1. January 1954, pp. 69-71. Print.