A Fratricide A Fratricide "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, and tells the story of a murderer, Schmar, and his victim, Wese. Although no clear motive for the murder is given anywhere in the story, it can be ascertained that the crime is a matter of jealous passion. Apart from the title, there is no obvious indication that the two characters are brothers, and the title may be an allusion to the biblical story of Cain and
Fratricide Punished "Ur-Hamlet," a kind of primordial source text which some scholars have suggested was used by Shakespeare in creating his "Hamlet". The existence of the "Ur-Hamlet" is debated in itself. Lastly, Duthie argues that the long gap between the assumed time of the text's creation and its discovery is wholly unaccounted for, leaving room for any number of changes. Zachary Lesser, discussing the impact of Q1 "Hamlet" on the popular reception of Q2 and F1, demonstrates the way that both Q1 and "Fratricide Punished" have been used to support arguments from multiple camps across decades of time, a testament to the