Category: Albert Camus

Existentialism is a way of thinking about finding oneself and the significance of life through choice, decision, and moral obligation. The belief is that individuals are looking to discover who and what they really are throughout their life as they settle on decisions depending on their encounters, beliefs, and viewpoints. Individual decisions become extraordinary without…

World War II has gone down in history as one of the deadliest, most brutal, and inhumane wars of all time. It even outshines it predecessor, which was thought to be the war to end all wars, yet not even twenty five years later, a new threat by humanity to humanity emerged. With the death…

This paper will analyze the title The Misunderstanding* based on Camuss existentialist ideas of Absurdism. The Misunderstanding enfolds the whole universe of this play in it. On reading the text, one realizes how a misunderstanding can change the course of our lives. Our actions and instincts are all governed by how we understand things. This…

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Throughout the novel, The Plague focuses on the philosophy of its characters. This shines in the existentialist views of Tarrou or in both the faith and absurdity of Father Paneloux. Through the previous examples, Albert Camus forces the reader to confront their own beliefs and how they would react in the despair each character faces.…

The reason or reasons for which Meursault accepts his death at the conclusion of ‘The Stranger’ are many and they are complex. To argue that he accepted his death for the truth suggests that he saw some benefit to the world by staying true to himself. As a textbook example of an existentialist, however, Meursault…

In Albert Camuss The Stranger, the absurdity of life from Camuss eyes is put on display through the main character Meursault. The sense that the meaning of life is in human experiences and that things shouldnt be questioned is the basis of who Meursault truly is as a person. These personality traits reveal that Meursault…

The Stranger, by Albert Camus centres around the protagonist Meursault, an emotionless and indifferent individual. As a result of his nonchalant attitude, he is often viewed as psychologically detached. This is reflected in Camus use of succinct sentences and simple diction employed in the novel. His writing style not only reflects Meursaults indifferent attitude but…

Introduction This paper will examine how the two literary works The Stranger by Albert Camus and Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy challenge or reinforce misconceptions of the East or the so-called Third World, using Edward Saids Orientalism and Fanons The Wretched of the Earth as a backdrop to interpret and analyze the two literary texts.…

The Outsider by Albert Camus challenges the readers opinions through a philosophical perspective on the meaning of life, and absurdist outlooks within a diverse range of settings throughout the novel. Meursault, the protagonist of the story, is represented as an emotionally repressive, misunderstood and unaffected individual who holds the value of indifference and triviality towards…