Albert Camus (1913–1960) was a French-Algerian philosopher, journalist and novelist. Perhaps not as much of a philosopher (as he denied himself to be) as a novelist with a strong philosophical bent, he is most famous for his work on the Myth of Sisyphus and his novels of ideas, such as The Stranger and The Plague. Camus used both his fictional novels alongside with the Myth of Sisyphus in contest with philosophy itself to present his central concern of what Camus...
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Viktor Frankyl, a holocaust survivor recounts his time in Aushwitz in his book, ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’. He found that while himself and others suffered through one of the greatest tribulations in history, they were still able to find meaning among the suffering and thus were building resilience against ungodly misery. Frankyl believed that by changing one’s attitude of suffering, meaning could be found – “everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human...
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Introduction The renowned French philosopher Albert Camus wrote the provocative piece “The Myth of Sisyphus” in 1942. This ground-breaking study explores the complex philosophical issues of life’s purpose and absurdity. The Greek tale of Sisyphus, who was doomed to carry a rock uphill for eternity to watch it roll back down, serves as the basis for the essay. Sisyphus represents the futility and apparent meaninglessness of existence. The absurdity of life in a cosmos without inherent meaning or worth is...
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Camus’ entire philosophy is based on the idea of the absurd life. He argued that life is essentially meaningless. He started his argument on the absurdity of life with the statement “There is only one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide”. For others, a life without meaning is a life not worth living, and this statement by Camus will make us think how could a person make his or her life meaningful, and if suicide is the possible...
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I have not prepared for life or even college in the most traditional manner: I didn’t always have a place to call home, I didn’t have happily married parents, I didn’t have a town that I could grow up in; rather I lived in and out of different homes, I was raised by a single mother, and moved to a new school every year (sometimes more). But, I was also born with everything: a mother that loved me, people who...
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In Existentialism, there are many figureheads like Jean-Paul Sarte, Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, and many others with different key doctrines. Freidrich Nietzsche and Albert Camus are important to the Existentialist Movement with Nietzsche being a pioneer for the movement and Camus writing many books and novels with Existentialist ideas. With Camus, it was absurd and with Nietzsche, it was the will to power. Both have similarities and differences Albert Camus was a French Algerian novelist who, denied being a philosopher,...
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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 author, Albert Camus, is a pioneer in philosophy. Beginning his career two years before the start World War 2, His view of the world...
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is thе world of North Africa, to which hе fееls his dееpеst bеing bеlongs — a world of wind and sand, opеn rangеs and anonymity. Thе timе hе was writing thе book coincidеs, morеovеr, with thе turmoil of Algеria at war. Thеrе arе thе sounds of tеrrorists’ bombs, glimpsеs of jееps bristling with guns, thе awarеnеss that torturе is a daily occurrеncе. Thе titlе, ‘Thе First man,’ suggеsts archеtypal pattеrns. Thе sеarch for idеntity is linkеd to thе sеarch for...
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This paper will analyze the title ‘The Misunderstanding’* based on Camus’s 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 play, re enforces, just that, our quality of ‘understanding’. The characters in the inn are all placed with different types of discerning qualities. The Mother...
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The Outsider by Albert Camus challenges the reader’s 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 the many people surrounding him. Through this idea, the use of a variety of settings in The Outsider assists the reader to identify Meursault’s personality...
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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 Said’s Orientalism and Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth as a backdrop to interpret and analyze the two literary texts. While we (readers) are prone to read The Stranger as being universal and revolving around the human condition, such universality could merely be a “superstructure”...
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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 Meursault’s indifferent attitude but also reveals a lack of interaction with others. In the latter half of the novel, however, Camus contrasts this objective style with a more complex...
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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 toll well into the millions, it was highly influential on many people, including the author of The Plague, Albert Camus. The Plague was published in...
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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 the need for a target type of truth. An existentialist accepts that an individual ought to be compelled to pick and be dependable without the...
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According to Albert Camus, the Absurd is man’s impossible search for meaning in life arising from our desire to understand the world and our existence but never being able to. Camus expands upon this idea by stating that the only response to the absurdity of life is Revolt and not suicide. In this essay, I argue in support of Camus’ view that Revolt is essential because both physical and philosophical suicide represent giving up. Revolt is the only way for...
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Philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, claiming the death of God, forced the largest announcement upon the Western culture. The world that was built by faith, all of a sudden became irrelevant of all its value. Years of being reliant on a divine being to explain our existence, our society was advancing and discovering new information about the world we live in. In by no means was it ever intentional to completely dispose of the Christian faith, but with the rise of science,...
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It is claimed by some critics that Camus can, at times, be reductive in his analyses and sweeping in his judgements. Nevertheless, there is an optimistic, humanist tone to his works which engages the reader and incites further philosophical enquiry, on the reader’s behalf, so that they might explore the nature of their existence and values. In so doing, the reader is informed as to the nature of Camusian reality, creating an ontological framework for an evolving, conditional state of...
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Do humans have free will? Or are they just objects the greater force plays with? The subject is addressed in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, and “The Guest” by Albert Camus. These stories portray how humans are being control by greater forces creating no free will. In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, people are controlled by destined fates created by an outside force. For example, the oracles. In The Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth is shown...
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