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The mother - Gregor’s mother.

Frail and distressed, the mother is torn between her love for Gregor and
her horror at Gregor’s new state. Grete and Gregor’s father seek to protect her from the full reality of
her son’s transformation.

His mother, incidentally, began relatively soon to want to visit Gregor, but his father and his sister at
first held her back with reasonable arguments to which Gregor listened very attentively and of which he
whole-heartedly approved. But later she had to be restrained by force […] and cried out, "Let me go to
Gregor, he is my unfortunate boy! Don't you understand that I have to go to him?" (2.19)

In contrast to Mr. Samsa, Mrs. Samsa seems to maintain her love for Gregor. She even defends Gregor
when she thinks that Mr. Samsa is about to kill him (see Quote #8 under "Morality and Ethics"). But
despite her maternal feelings, Mrs. Samsa is still unable to stomach the sight of Gregor.

Gregor's mother is also forced to go to work to make money for the family. Her relation to Gregor is one
of dutiful and loving mother, but her tendency to faint upon seeing him is not conducive to helping him.
After begging to see Gregor, she is finally allowed in his room, but faints as soon as he appears. She then
proceeds to save Gregor from his father's apple-throwing wrath. Yet, since Mrs. Samsa is extremely
quiet and always does what she is told, her opinions on family affairs remain unknown and her
personality is subsumed in her husband's authority.

Gregor’s mother – physically weak woman who suffers immensely from the transformation of her son,
this fact causes Gregor’s sister and father to begin to resent him

Mother- helpless, in denial , too weak to make her love effective-temporary sickness.

Tries to help Gregor but is disgusted by him

Suffers most from Gregor’s transformation

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