Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p "A Fratricide" (German: Ein Brudermord) is a short story by Franz Kafka written between December 1916 and January 1917. It is one of Kafka's most realistically descriptive and graphically violent stories which tells the story of a murderer, Schmar, and his victim, Wese. Although no clear motivation for the murder is given anywhere in the story, it can be ascertained that the crime is a matter of jealous passion. Also, there is no obvious indication that the two characters are actually brothers. Given that, the story's title is an allusion to the biblical story of Cain and Abel.An important element of the story is the character of Pallas, a passive observer who witnesses the entire drama and whose intervention could have saved Wese's life. Wese's wife, Julia, is also mentioned in the story and is said to be waiting for him because he had been unusually late the night of the murder.. }
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- A_Fratricide abstract ""A Fratricide" (German: Ein Brudermord) is a short story by Franz Kafka written between December 1916 and January 1917. It is one of Kafka's most realistically descriptive and graphically violent stories which tells the story of a murderer, Schmar, and his victim, Wese. Although no clear motivation for the murder is given anywhere in the story, it can be ascertained that the crime is a matter of jealous passion. Also, there is no obvious indication that the two characters are actually brothers. Given that, the story's title is an allusion to the biblical story of Cain and Abel.An important element of the story is the character of Pallas, a passive observer who witnesses the entire drama and whose intervention could have saved Wese's life. Wese's wife, Julia, is also mentioned in the story and is said to be waiting for him because he had been unusually late the night of the murder.".