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    However‚ the main character of Albert Camus’s The Stranger‚ Monsieur Meursault sees no purpose in the

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    Society’s Perception of Meursault’s Character In “The Stranger” By Albert Camus Everybody’s life is shaped by their reputation. This is why people try to look good in the eyes of others‚ so they will have a good opinion. The main character in The Stranger astonishes others because he simply does not care about his reputation and what the society thinks of him. Meursault lives his life in a non-complex environment‚ not worrying about the events happening around him. However‚ this plays

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    (Macklemore). Macklemore states that in a world so detestable; people would rather choose to die than be who they truly are. In other words‚ in The Stranger Meursault is killed for not having enough emotion during his mother’s death‚ he is indifferent and chooses to die because the society believes he is not normal. In Albert Camus novel‚ The Stranger‚ he examines what happens to a society when the social constructs are corrupt. This essay will examine the corrupt social constructs impact on Meursault’s

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    Sophomore Composition RR Outline and Draft four Ms. Gretchen Lee 499110296 Rain Liu 11th June‚ 2012 Outline of Existentialism of Camus –L’Étranger (The Stranger) I. Introduction with thesis statement By analysing the elements of absurdity and tragic antagonism of modern antihero Meursault in the classic masterpiece “L’Étranger”‚ general readers can better grasp the ideas of existentialism‚ moreover‚ to even take some times pondering our own solitary situation and existence

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    Albert Camus (1913­1960) and Absurdism  .  “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem‚ and that is suicide. Judging whether life is  or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.”1[1] The  statement reveals one of the dilemmas of the philosophy of Absurd [also called as Absurdism]  which Camus sought to answer. The Algerian­born French thinker Albert Camus was one of the  leading thinkers of Absurdism. He was actually a writer and novelist with a strong philosophical 

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    Albert Camus and the Philosophy of the Absurd How does Camus define the absurd condition? What three options does man have when confronted with the absurd? In Camus’s perspective‚ why are the first two not defensible options? According to Camus’s philosophy‚ how--or in what--does one find happiness? Camus "draw[s] from the absurd three consequences"; what are these three consequences? How does he define each of these three? Explain Camus and the philosophy of the absurd’s perspective on any

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    encounter an existential crisis‚ which stimulates him or her to begin introspective thought. In Camus’ The Stranger‚ Meursault experiences existentialism throughout the entire book because he is detached from so many things. This detachment causes him to go through traumatic experiences‚ leading up to the end of the novel‚ where he comes to realize what kind of life he lived. Similar to John Roth’s quote‚ Meursault is a strange character‚ looking for the meaning in life‚ yet at the same time abandoning

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    In 1947‚ The Plague was published by renown philosopher‚ war journalist‚ and novelist Albert Camus. Taking place in the Algerian town of Oran during the 1940s‚ The Plague is a gripping novel narrated by one of the town’s doctors‚ Bernard Rieux. The town has an outbreak of the bubonic plague‚ followed by an outbreak of pneumonic plague. The citizens of the town die in droves‚ yet the government denies that there is anything wrong. That is until over a thousand citizens die every‚ single‚ day. The

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    What is an absurd hero? An absurd hero is someone who is determined to continue living with passion even though life appears to be meaningless. It seems like one of Mersault’s passion is hanging out with his friends. In The Stranger by Albert Camus‚ Mersault is an absurd hero because when bad things happen in his life‚ he still finds a reason and passion to live and be content with his life. Mersault strives to find meaning in his life because horrible things happen to him. In the beginning he

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    Albert Camus wrote "The Stranger" during the Existentialist movement‚ which explains why the main character in the novel‚ Meursault‚ is characterized as detached and emotionless‚ two of the aspects of existentialism. In Meursault‚ Camus creates a character he intends his readers to relate to‚ because he creates characters placed in realistic situations. He wants the reader to form a changing‚ ambiguous opinion of Meursault. From what Meursault narrates to the reader in the novel‚ the reader can understand

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