Themes‚ Motifs & Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Irrationality of the Universe Though The Stranger is a work of fiction‚ it contains a strong resonance of Camus’s philosophical notion of absurdity. In his essays‚ Camus asserts that individual lives and human existence in general have no rational meaning or order. However‚ because people have difficulty accepting this notion‚ they constantly attempt to identify or create
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| World Literature Essay | Role of Women in The Stranger and Metamorphosis | | Maria Fernanda Contreras | 6/17/2010 | | “The woman kept on crying” (10) – this ability to experience and express emotions is shown as something both the protagonists in both novels - The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka and The Stranger by Albert Camus – lack. Women are usually portrayed as the element of society who are more likely to show this ability which connects them to the world surrounding them
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In Albert Camus’ novel The Stranger‚ the main character Meursault lacks significant identifying features such as a first name‚ specific age‚ or any physical features. He does not possess these because to give him a name or a description would be to give him an identity. Because Meursault lacks a solid identity‚ Camus portrays him as an absent being‚ detached from society and its norms. The main cause of the conflict in the novel is Meursault’s distance from society and his flatness as a character
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hung painfully over her shoulders. It seemed as though the pain she was experiencing was interminable. What this mother is experiencing is considered a very typical reaction‚ which many experience when a dear relative is lost. In the novel‚ The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ Meursault is the one who must face the agony of losing his mother. Many people might assume that Meursault would experience an emotional reaction
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The Stranger The Stranger written by Albert Camus‚ a Nobel Prize winner‚ tells the tale of a young man named Monsieur Meursault. In the beginning‚ Monsieur Meursault’s mother‚ Maman‚ has died. After getting a telegram containing news of Maman’s death‚ Monsieur Meursault heads to Marengo where his mother had been taken care of in a home. He is greeted by the director of the home who leads him to the mortuary to see Maman. Meursault attends her vigil that night and attends the funeral procession the
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The Strangers That Came to Town: Andy In Ambrose Flack’s short story‚ “The Strangers That Came to Town” the main character‚ Andy‚ is a young‚ good kid who must mature over the course of events. Initially‚ Andy is a good kid‚ but acts judges the Duvitches by their societal standing. After the Duvitches move into their new house‚ the townspeople begin to judge them‚ “…the Duvitches were marked people. They were the one struggling family in a prosperous community” (3). When Andy judges the Duvitches
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In Albert Camus’ The Stranger the Meursault is clearly disillusioned of life and two examples of this disillusionment occurred in the instances of his mother’s death and an offer to be transferred to another work environment. The novel The Stranger by Albert Camus portrays how Meursault is disillusioned about things that seem to be the most normal basic human concepts of understanding such as his mothers death. With his mother’s death‚ he seemed indifferent at the loss of her life in every way
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Death and Absurdism in Camus ’s The Stranger Alan Gullette In his novel The Stranger1‚ Albert Camus gives expression to his philosophy of the absurd. The novel is a first-person account of the life of M. Meursault from the time of his mother ’s death up to a time evidently just before his execution for the murder of an Arab. The central theme is that the significance of human life is understood only in light of mortality‚ or the fact of death; and in showing Meursault ’s consciousness
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Expectations in A Chronicle of A Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez and The Stranger by Albert Camus Everyone has felt the pressure of societal expectations during their lifetime. The negative effects society brings on one’s life can lead to a feeling of rejection towards the people who do not conform to meet those standards. Gabriel García Márquez‚ author of Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ and Albert Camus‚ author of The Stranger‚ both construct the external moral conflict of society versus the protagonist
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Holden Caulfield and Mersault have both been alienated in their worlds as the authors have so clearly portrayed in both books. But as much as both have been alienated‚ one is an essentialist while the other remains an existentialist. Holden Caulfield being the essentialist that he is‚ has psychological motivation for every action he takes. He is a teenager that is struggling with the fact that everyone has to grow up‚ which to him means that you have to become "phony or corrupt". While
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