Biblical Allusions in The Metamorphosis

[KilgoreT]

I read The Metamporphosis for the first time last night in one sitting, my first experience with Kafka. The story is compelling on many levels, and one that I noticed was Biblical. Samsa's downfall, like that of Adam and Eve, is brought about by an apple. Also, didn't God condemn Adam and Eve to crawling on their bellies, eating dust, for the rest of their lives, much like an insect? When Samsa finally dies, towards the end of March (Easter), he is forsaken and driven away by his people, his family, as Jesus was. Who or what do the three lodgers represent?

I am struggling to connect this theory. Am I simply reading too much into this? Are these references isolated incidents of symbolism, or is there actually something to this running through the entire story? I would be glad to hear your thoughts.

[Madame X]

Hard to say, but I wouldn’t personally peg Kafka as someone particularly interested in writing any patent religious/biblical references into his work. And if he did, considering his background, it’d most likely be more in line with the Jewish tradition (hence, he probably wouldn’t have been inclined to make any intentional parallels between the plight of any of his characters with that of Jesus). It does remain unclear, however, just how spiritually influenced he, and thus his work, really was. Frustrating on so many levels, isn’t he?

[Kyriakos]

Although i agree that Kafka wouldn't probably consciously have such allusions, there is nothing to rule out that unintentionally they were part of his work, since obviously he was aware of the gospels.
Also he was a writer who did not write in entirely conscious states, as can be gathered from his diaries.