Isolation is a major theme in Franz Kafka’s the Metamorphosis. Which two excerpts best reflect Gregor's isolated condition after his the body watching it for one or two hours before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room where he could
hom the groom, he could watch the family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their conversation-with everyone's
away and thus quite differently from before.
All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister would urge each
her to be quiet his mother, bent deeply under the lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who had taken a sales job,
Searned shorthand and French in the evenings so that she might be able to get a better position later on.
Gregor never responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he was without moving as if the door had never even been
opened. If only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt
The woman most likely meant to fetch the things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to throw everything out in one go,
but what actually happened was that they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown unless Gregor made his way through
the junk and moved it somewhere else.

Activity construct an argument about a topic, theme, or idea that you read about in william shakespeare's romeo and juliet, act ii or act iii. make sure you create a central claim for your argument that is debatable. provide textual evidence from the play to support your argument. here are some ideas for your essay. notice how each topic is focused and specific. you may write about one of these topics or choose your own focused and specific topic: discuss juliet's level of maturity and compare it to romeo's. compare how the two characters react to the events after their marriage, when romeo is banished from verona. discuss the balcony scene. does the knowledge of romeo and juliet's final fate influence the meaning of the balcony scene or the audience's interpretation of it? discuss the characters of tybalt and romeo as they relate to the theme of family and the theme of love. explain how the character of tybalt develops the theme of family and how the character of romeo develops the theme of romantic love. discuss the character of friar laurence. what motivates him to romeo and juliet to defy their parents? part a choose a topic based on what you read in act ii or act iii of romeo and juliet. then write a thesis statement. part b identify two or three short excerpts from the play as textual evidence to support your thesis statement. part c write a 300-word essay arguing the thesis of your analysis. (i mainly need on part b and c)