During this scene, Hero is dramatically revealed to be alive. Claudio is then awakened in joy and marvels at this miraculous event. Instead of blaming Claudio for his shameful actions, Hero blames herself even though she was the victim. Tying it back to Elizabethan family, her reaction shows how a woman's virginity is more important than the person herself. When Hero says that "her virtue lives on" she reveals how society, specifically Claudio, never cared about Hero but for her "purity". Men were considered the "superior" gender and all of the women were considered under their control. Like Claudio, Leonato succumbs to the norm and accepts the societal construct of gender hierarchy. Leonato claims Claudio as a bad guy because he believes his object, Hero, is damaged by the slander that Claudio had spread. All of the male characters in this play are the epitome of toxic masculinity.

Aden’s commentary for this piece of The Metamorphosis had shown the incredible value that Gregor had in the objects of his bedroom. She had specifically pointed out the feeling of being ripped from humanity that Gregor felt seeing that his sister and his mother was doing. From this strong emotions, Aden had concluded that Gregor had never became a vermin and his sense of individuality is still there. This reminds me a lot of the discussion that we had in class where we had to debate if Gregor was human or not. It showed me another sense of value that Gregor had that was not said during the discussion, which was the clinging onto the past. This human characteristic is so pronounced during the times that Gregor metamorphosed into the cockroach which made him more human than the vermin. But, one thing I would add on is that in the beginning of the novel, Gregor admits that he had relentlessly worked at his job to help his family survive in society. Never really interacting with his family, only knowing that the money that he got from his job will show his love for them. It was only when he turned into a humongous cockroach that he started to notice tiny things that he had emotional attachment with. Even if he has these emotions, his whole life was based on survival and the endless searching for stability that he couldn’t obtain. Through that, he acts more like a vermin than a human who lives for the idea of surviving, and in Gregor’s case, in this cruel society.