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- 41: Existentialism
- ... Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre had been imprisoned in Germany in 1940 but managed to escape, and become one of the leaders of the Existential movement. Other popular playwrights were Albert Camus, and Jean Anouilh. Just like Anouilh, Camus accidentally became the spokesman for the French Underground when he wrote his famous essay, "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" or "The Myth of Sisyphus". Sisyphus was the man condemned by the gods to roll a rock to the top of a mountain, only to have it roll back down again. For Camus, this related heavily to everyday life, and he saw Sisyphus an "absurd" hero, with a pointless existance. Camus felt that it was necessary to wonder what the meaning of ...
- 42: Existentialism
- ... Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre had been imprisoned in Germany in 1940 but managed to escape, and become one of the leaders of the Existential movement. Other popular playwrights were Albert Camus, and Jean Anouilh. Just like Anouilh, Camus accidentally became the spokesman for the French Underground when he wrote his famous essay, "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" or "The Myth of Sisyphus". Sisyphus was the man condemned by the gods to roll a rock to the top of a mountain, only to have it roll back down again. For Camus, this related heavily to everyday life, and he saw Sisyphus an "absurd" hero, with a pointless existence. Camus felt that it was necessary to wonder what the meaning of ...
- 43: The Stranger - A Communication
- ... usually the first time we meet someone or if we have had a bad experience in the past associated with a particular group. In the book The Stranger by Albert Camus , the main character Meursault will eventually have his life sentenced to death based on the way people perceived him towards his Maman instead of being charged with murder. The title ... Meursault is telling why he put his mother in care home. He talks about how her, refering to his mother, "Eyes were always on him" and how it annoyed him. Camus, as I have seen reading the books, has puts in a sort of irony into this book. The "He's always there!" stated by Salamano repersents how Meursault felt about ... the burial. What happened is the judge percived that he was a heartless individual incapable of caring, all based off his Maman's death and sentences Meursault to be beheaded. Camus does a great job in the book The Stranger on how perception equals reality. I think it give the reader something to think about after they are done with ...
- 44: Myths Of Meaning
- ... light seeking to maintain that light in a dark and dangerous world. The myth of Sisyphus like the myth of Diogenes has been a symbol to many writers including Albert Camus who wrote an essay entitled "The Myth of Sisyphus." According to the myth, he was a king of Corinth and ancestor of Bellerophon. In Homer he was seen as a ... to roll a huge stone uphill, through it always rolled down again. Titian painted him with the stone on his back. A sisyphean task demands endless and often fruitless labor. Camus uses him to depict the absurdity of life and the futility of man's endeavors. In another account, he is given this task simply to keep him busy and out ... stone is traditionally seen as a punishment and a curse. The stone can also be seen as the burden of life or death in a world without meaning. (Mersault in Camus's "The Stranger".) Sisyphus (man) fails again and again for all eternity. Yet if the carrying is seen as the struggle, then it is also possible to see Sisyphus ...
- 45: Essay On The Stranger
- In Albert Camus The Stranger the story of an ordinary man who gets drawn into a senseless murder is told. Taking place in Algeria this man, Meursault, is constantly in a climate of ... hits him] like a slap in the face. and later on the heat [presses] down on [him] making it hard for him to go on. Also the diction used by Camus in describing the attacks upon Meursault, make evident the physical pain it causes. The rays of are described as blades that blind and stab at Meursault. In fact the killing ... off the sweat and the sun. Thus, as Meursault states later in the novel he kills the Arab because of the sun, and it s many attacks upon him. Throughout Camus novel the sun acts the part of and aggressor and comforter and Meursault deals with these conflicting positions. However during the beach scene the sun leans on the side ...
- 46: Existentialism
- ... about it. To this cynical blackmail the artist might reply: The misery of the world? I'm not adding anything to it. Which of you can say as much (A. Camus - EPW) This quote displays how a existentialist sees the most difficult situations, and some how finds hope and meaning in it. Challenges are a main part of existentialism. The belief ... administration, it means that life is abstract too. The life of each person cannot be other than abstract as soon as one starts making it conform to an ideology. (A. Camus EPW) As Camus states here, life is molded into what each one of us wants it to be, we make it our own idea. Instead of conforming to modern ideas, we mold ...
- 47: My Personal Search for a Meaningful Existence
- ... of our nature, while celebrating our ability to freely chose our own destiny, because he is conscious of man's plight of constantly struggling to attain an unattainable goal. Albert Camus' essay The Myth of Sisyphus, is an allegory about the absurdity of human nature, in which Sisyphus is the quintessential absurd hero. This man, sentenced to ceaselessly rolling a rock ... certain. In the case of humankind, this means that all I know is that I exist, that the world exists, and that I am mortal. In The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus opposes himself to the rationalism of classical philosophy, which seeks universal and enduring truths and a definite hierarchy of values and truths. He believes that truth is only found by ... by our freedom and our revolt. Thus, the only joy we have is in knowing that our fate belongs to us and in our defiance and struggle to overcome death. Camus, Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche all seem to believe that it matters little what reason we continue to struggle so long as we testify to man's allegiance to man and ...
- 48: The Plague 2
- THE PLAGUE The Plague by Albert Camus won the author a Nobel Prize for literature, and with good reason. The story, about an outbreak of the bubonic plague in Oran and the isolation Oran is forced into ... his job as not only a doctor, but also a human being. He struggles with which should come first. Many of the characters struggle with their own selves as well. Camus allows the reader inside the minds of these characters to witness these struggles first-hand. These characters have many different philosophies in dealing with the indifference. While Rieux demonstrates modest ... with humanity. But most importantly, the novel deals with the fight against indifference. The Plague presents a perfect situation in which all human beings can unite to fight the inhuman. Camus uses his characters extremely well to convey the human reaction to a catastrophe. This novel makes people view their own lives and how they would react in a similar ...
- 49: The Symbol Of The Sun In The S
- ... she described the rising and setting of the sun. The Russian composer Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov included a beautiful song, "Hymn to the Sun," in his opera The Golden Cockerel. Uniquely, Camus' usage of the sun opposes its warmth and beauty in The Stranger. The sun is a symbol for feelings and emotions, which Monsieur Meursault cannot deal with. There is a ... the sunlight in Meursault's face. Meursault knew that all he had to do was turn around and walk away. His emotions (again not shown externally and reserved) took over. Camus states, "All I could feel were the cymbals of sunlight crashing on my forehead and, instinctively, the dazzling spear flying up from the knife in front of me. The scorching ... inner-self, and he knows this. He would not have admired his own reflection earlier in the novel. Although most creative thinkers have used the sun as a positive being, Camus' existentialist approach sees the sun as a barrier to Meursault's emotions. It is not until Meursault can comprehend this and grasp that there is "gentle indifference to the ...
- 50: The Stranger 2
- ... off as a stranger, and any relationship, be it family, friend, or enemy, starts off with two or more people venturing off from this state of being a stranger. Albert Camus, author of the novel The Stranger, displays the significance the title plays on the developement of the novel through the many characters that were strangers and some of their encounters ... down when two or more people make the effort to get to know one another, and that's why this is suitable title for this novel. Finally, the determination that Camus chose the most suitable title is the obvious discovery of Meursault finding the stranger within himself. Throughout the novel Meursault finds himself not understanding himself and many of his actions ... an execution, or why he isn't afraid to face death and start all over again, because he has no emotions or love for anything. So in closing, author Albert Camus chose the correct title when he named his novel The Stranger. The great significance that the title plays on the developement of the novel is clearly diplayed through the ...
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