(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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Critique: Passage from The Stranger by Albert Camus: At the same instant the sweat in my eyebrows dripped down over my eyelids all at once and covered them with a warm‚ thick film. My eyes were blinded behind the curtain of tears and salt. All I could feel were the cymbals of sunlight crashing on my forehead and‚ indistinctly‚ the dazzling spear flying up from the knife in front of me. The scorching blade slashed at my eyelashes and stabbed at my stinging eyes. That’s when everything began to reel
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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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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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"Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe‚ I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home: ’Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.’ That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday." Part 1‚ Chapter 1‚ pg. 3 Mersault’s preoccupation with the exact date that his mother had passed genuinely perplexed me. This man had just lost his only family in the world and he was caught up in‚ what I believe to be‚ a frivolous detail. Off the bat‚ the book starts off with these lines‚ foreshadowing
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The Stranger life of Albert Camus Albert Camus‚ the creator behind the theory of "The Absurd"(Hikaru)‚ is a man of unique views. Being raised in a time of controversy and new ideas‚ Camus quickly was wrapped up by secular views. Camus’ belief states that human life has no meaning because in the end there is death‚ and nothing is of worth or meaning after death. The author has written many novels and essays based on his standpoints (Cruickshank) . No conviction in higher beings has led Camus to portray
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In order to begin the journey toward awareness an individual must 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
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