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Set 3: Cross-Text Connections

Explanation

Answer: A

PASSAGE

Text 1 The classic hero's journey involves a departure, an initiation, and a return. The hero leaves home, faces trials, and returns changed, bringing a gift back to their community. Text 2 In Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis', the protagonist Gregor Samsa undergoes a transformation but never leaves his room. His journey is internal and downward, ending not in triumph but in alienation and death.

How does Text 2 classify the narrative structure of 'The Metamorphosis' in relation to the definition in Text 1?

A. As an inversion or subversion of the classic hero's journey.✓ Correct
B. As a perfect example of the hero's journey.
C. As a comedy.
D. As a story without a protagonist.

Detailed Explanation

Text 1: Departure/Return/Triumph. Text 2: Never leaves/Internal/Death. Relation: Inversion/Subversion.

Key Evidence:

• "never leaves"

• "internal and downward"

• "not in triumph"

Why others are wrong: B (Opposite.), C (Tragedy.), D (Gregor is protagonist.).

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