“So you have come to stare at the BEAST, haven't you?”There is a theory that dream and myth are connected, which is conveyed through Kafka's writing by Douglas Angus Metamorphosis and story "Beauty and the Beast" and supported by Franz Kafka's Metamorphoses. Stories are very symbolic when they convey the metamorphosis of a human being. Unlike Beauty and the Beast, in Metamorphosis some suggest that love is received through acts of cruelty, but in reality it seems that cruelty results in heartache. Being a beast, repugnance requires genuine love that can achieve “magical transformation.” This "magical transformation" is not achieved and creates a plot twist derived from "Beauty and the Beast" concepts. Douglas Angus conveys the similarities between Gregor and the story "Beauty and the Beast" through his writing (Kafka's Metamorphoses and short story "Beauty and the Beast"). Gregor and the Beast were important at a certain time, especially to the people around them. Due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding their transformations, they disgust everyone. The Beast was not always a beast, but actually a prince who refused to shelter an enchantress because she disguised herself as an ugly, unattractive-looking beggar. This alleviates his superficiality and evil heart that cursed him and turned him into a beast. As a result, the Beast hides in his castle and his curse can only be broken if his love for someone is reciprocated. The Beast successfully hides in his castle for many years until he is revealed to the city by Beauty. Beauty and the Beast fall in love with each other, but the townspeople are terrified of the Beast and want to kill him. The importance of this event is a… medium of paper… an information (journey) and hope is restored. "Beauty and the Beast" and "Metamorphosis" are similar in the concept of death, however love does not bring Gregor back to life, but rather the Samsa family. At the beginning of the story Gregor doesn't seem to love his family, he seemed to be trapped. Yet “he thought back to his family with deep emotion and love.” (Kafka) In a certain sense the Samsa family had become the Beast, and needed love to have a “magical transformation”. Gregor's love allowed the Samsa family, especially Grete, to end the story with a sense of rebirth/transformation. (Cycle)Kafka, Franz. Metamorphosis. Trans. and Ed. Stanley Corngold. New York: Bantam, 1972. Print. Angus, Douglas. Kafka's Metamorphosis and the story "Beauty and the Beast". The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 53, no. 1. January 1954, pp. 69-71. Press.