# Metropolis — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Metropolis by Thea von Harbou.

- [Metropolis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/metropolis.md): The chapter introduces the city of Metropolis, a vast and oppressive urban landscape where the wealthy elite live in luxury above ground while the workers toil in the depths below. The narrative sets the stage for the cl
- [The New Tower of Babel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter opens with a depiction of the dehumanized workers marching in unison into the machine center of Metropolis. Freder, the son of the Master of Metropolis, observes the city from his high workshop, reflecting on
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/ii.md): Freder confronts his father Joh Fredersen in the New Tower of Babel, describing the dehumanizing horror of the machine-rooms where workers are drained of their humanity. Joh dismisses his son's concerns, arguing that the
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/iii.md): Freder descends into the machine hell of the New Tower of Babel, where he encounters the Paternoster machine and a worker named Georgi. Overhearing Georgi's twisted recitation of the Lord's Prayer, Freder is moved to exc
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/iv.md): Joh Fredersen visits Rotwang, who unveils his creation—a faceless, obedient female android called 'Futura' or 'Parody.' Rotwang demonstrates its eerie abilities, and the two men discuss a mysterious plan found by Grot in

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- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xxv.md)

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