Tag: Fraulein Burstner
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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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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…