Before the law by franz kafka meaning

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An imperial message kafka meaning

Franz Kafka. Before the law stands a doorkeeper. A countryman comes to this doorkeeper and asks for permission to be granted access to the law. But the doorkeeper answers that, for now, it is not possible. Having reflected upon it, the man asks if that would be possible later on. The doorkeeper notices it and guffaws, then says: "If it is so attractive, then try and go in, in spite of my denial.

Watch out though: I am powerful. And I am only the last of all doorkeeper s. Doorkeeper s stand at the entry of each room , and each is more powerful than the previous one. Already the sight of the third doorkeeper is unbearable to myself. Yet, now, observing more closely the doorkeeper bundled in his fur, his great beak of a nose, the long and thin beard kept in the fashion of the Tartars, the man decides that it's in his own interest to wait until permission is given.