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Josef K, the protagonist in The Trial (written by Franz Kafka), meets women in the course of his life. He likes the women. Here are the women who Josef K likes: Josef K does not outrightly reject the women for that would seem offensive and insulting to them. This is what he thinks: “I seem…
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Josef K’s uncle Albert introduces him to his colleague, a lawyer named Herr Huld. The latter is sickly and is cared by a home nurse called Leni. She is infatuated by Josef K and calls him out of her employer’s room, to talk to him and seduce him. Leni leads Josef to a dark room…
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21st March is World Poetry Day In this blog, we have posted reviews on poet Esther Vincent here. In another blog, poet Tricia Tan’s poetry is reviewed here.
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#100tinytreasures Challenge runs from Mar 20 2026 to Mar 20 2027. The participating artist uses tiny art papers to paint any topic/ theme of their choice. We have the freedom to use any small sizes of measurements, or even bigger papers if we choose to. My card papers are roughly 3 inch by 2 inch.…
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I searched for blog challenges and came across Shelf Reflection’s book reading prompts. We take a prompt and find a book that fits the prompt. Or the other way around. I have included my post links in the titles of the books I have read and reviewed here in this blog or elsewhere. As you…
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The magistrate’s books were for entertainment The first book’s first page had a painted picture of a naked couple on a sofa. The second book was a fiction titled “The Torments Grete Had To Suffer from Her Husband Hans”. (Kafka, p. 41) Kafka used the name Grete because his ex-fiancee Felice’s girlfriend was named Grete…
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What is the secret of Franz Kafka’s The Trial? It was inspired by his relationships with women. Where did he get the idea for his plot? Kafka’s narrative for Josek K reveals this character as being easily attracted to women. He was aroused by his boarding house mate Fraulein Burstner, and the private court room…
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Fraulein Burstner worked as a typist. On the night that Herr Josef K decided to talk to her regarding the three men interrogators, she had returned home later, after watching a show at the theater. It was after 11:30 pm. She told Josef K she was “dead tired”. Maybe she was too tired to resist…
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The first time the court usher’s wife tried directly to seduce Herr K was when he visited her home the following Sunday, after his first Sunday court session, and they were alone. When Herr K went to visit the private court room on Sunday, he was told by the court usher’s wife that there was…
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This is a mock up of the supervisor’s table, which is actually Fraulein Burstner’s bedside table in her rented room. That book’s title was chosen to bring in some humor. Of course, at that time, Kafka’s novel was yet to be published so it couldn’t have been The Trial which was on Fraulein Burstner’s bedside…