Is the Metamorphosis a Tragedy?

In the past the definition of the tragedy was restricted to be defined as depicting the downfall of a noble hero or heroine due to some combination of hubris, fate, and the will of the gods, however a modern tragedy is different, it changes the execution of a tragedy from hubris to his outside surroundings, and the will of god to the affect of people that affect the life of the character. Both Arthur Miller and Franz Kafka depict tragedy not in the classic definition but the modern definition. The modern tragedy is depicted perfectly by Franz Kafka in the Metamorphosis. The tragedy in the Metamorphosis is the degradation of Gregor from a human being to a bug to his eventual death. The tragedy was brought on by Gregor's family and also by the relationships that Gregor had with his job and also his lack of a sex life. Gregor's life before he was transformed into a bug was monotonous. He would wake up every morning early go to work, to which he was never late for, to support his ungrateful parents. He has no friends that we know of and his life is almost meaningless like a bug and he is therefore transformed into a giant bug. When he is late to work due to his transformation his boss comes to his house because he thinks he is stealing. He is degraded as a human being he is not being appreciated at all. After he is transformed into a bug he is still not accepted by anyone. He starts slowly losing his humanity. First his sister who brings him food as a bug finally sees him. She runs off scared. She was his one last connection to humanity as a bug and now it became lost, soon after his furniture was being taken by his mother and sister. This at first was thought to be better for Gregor because he would now have more room, but he realizes he is now losing his other connection to humanity. Gregor is slowly losing his entire human connection. These events culminate when the sight of him makes his mother faint. His father then starts to throw apples at him, like an animal. This event degrades him entirely as a human and now his entire humanity is lost. The apple in his back now which eventually kills him signifies that his demise, the apple, was due to his complete loss of human existence and being turned into an animal. After this event no one cares about him. He is disregarded by his family, no one will remove the apple from his back, and no one will clean his room or feed him. This now leads to his eventual death after he realizes he is no longer human and disregarded by his family there is no point to his existence and he dies. The tragedy of Gregor Samsa is his loss of his humanity and the degradation of the human condition. Although it was not a tragedy in the classic sense but it is a modern tragedy. The tragedy of the Metamorphosis is so effective because the use of modern tragedy by Kafka as opposed to a classic tragedy is more effective to the modern reader and makes the book a much better read.