Kafka's The Trial: Guilt
Beginning of paper
Guilt has relative existence; in one sense or another, every man
experiences guilt. Whether or not this guilt is worthy of punishment,
however, is another question. For this, modern society has created trials
that decide whether or not a person is guilty. However, sometimes the
actual guilt or i ....
Middle of paper
.... this sense, K is guilty. However, the
question of K's guilt is not important to Kafka's intention to show his
idea that "the innocent and the guilty [are] both executed without
distinction in the end."
In Kafka's beliefs, the courts treat all men as if they were guilty.
Joseph K is a prime example of this treatment. He is never told about his
crime, nor of how the trial is going. He merely waits until he is summoned,
and if he is not, he is still forced to live his life according to the
co ....
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Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
