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Reversal of Roles

In this picture, the net is catching the bug: the human with wings. The role of hunter and hunted have been reversed and now it is the humans who have to watch out. Freud and Jung would say this is the man's unconscious speaking; it is a dream or a day dream revealing the man's feelings of being trapped and hunted, like a bug. The man running is the protagonist and the antagonist is the threatening copper net; this shows the tendency of humans to feel trapped and hunted. In the Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, the main character Gregor transforms into a bug after taking over his father's role as breadwinner. He is now the hunted bug, even by his parents, instead of hunting out in the world for money. include component="comments" page="BUG CATCH" limit="10"