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The Trial

 Franz Kafka
 

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Is there a connection between the Court and dark, poorly ventilated interiors?
 
 
 
Is K's inability to "think outside the box," his susceptibility to being drawn into the process of the trial, the basis of his eventual guilt?
 
 
 
To what extent does K. believe that he is guilty?
 
 
 
 
If, in the hermetic parable "The Doorkeeper," the man from the country is free to go away, why does he remain at the entrance to the Law?
 
 
How would you characterize the women of The Trial? Do they seem like real people?
 
 
Was there any way for K. to avoid ending up facing execution in the quarry?
 
 
 
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