Part III
Description of the three serious gentlemen who insist on order and cleanliness — ironic mirror of bourgeois propriety.
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From Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The three bearded, demanding lodgers who take over the Samsa household embody the family's degradation and the displacement of Gregor by paying outsiders.
Part III, violin scene
The lodgers discover Gregor, threaten to leave without paying, and trigger Grete's ultimatum.
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