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Part II At Meursault's Own Trial
974 wordsThe Stranger by Albert Camus is a story of a sequence of events in one man's life that cause him to question the nature of the universe and his position in it. The book is written in two parts and each part seems to reflect in large degree the actions occurring in the other. There are curious parallels throughout the two parts that seem to indicate the emotional state of Meursault, the protagonist, and his view of the world. Meursault is a fairly average individual who is distinctive more in his...
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Alone Meursault
643 wordsCamus entitled his novel The Stranger because his protagonist actually was a stranger to both his associates and his surroundings. Monsieur Meursault was never really known by anyone. Nobody ever knew what really made Meursault tick and nobody ever really knew what motivated him. Meursault was a wanderer throughout his life. Meursault was also a stranger because he did not understand other peoples motivations either. Meursault formed relationships easily enough and interacted with others. But, i...
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Meursault And More's Societies
1,688 wordsWhat could a deeply religious, devout Christian nobleman and an existential, indifferent common man separated by roughly four hundred years have in common? Furthermore, what could Sir Thomas More, an eventual saintly martyr as portrayed in Robert Bolt's A Man For All Seasons, and Albert Camus' Meursault from The Outsider, an apparent murderer who does not believe in God, possibly have in common? For starters, both men have led similar lives in a search for the truth, and have very strong persona...
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Relationship With Meursault And A Neighbor
878 wordsAlbert Camus' The Stranger: Meursault Is Aloof, Detached, and Unemotional In The Stranger, Albert Camus portrays Meursault, the book's narrator and main character, as aloof, detached, and unemotional. He does not think much about events or their consequences, nor does he express much feeling in relationships or during emotional times. He displays an impassiveness throughout the book in his reactions to the people and events described in the book. After his mother's death he sheds no tears; seems...
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Meursault's Feelings
995 wordsThe Stranger Camus shows that Meursault can find his true identity only through an encounter with death. Meursault goes through some deaths in his life that lead to his own. This awkward, but most entertaining, character discovers himself through the tragedy that occurs in his life. His life is a full one and he faces each situation the same way. The encounters of death starts here, the death of Meursault's mother. "I wanted to see Maman right away" (Camus 4), this extraordinary quote by Meursau...
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Development Of Meursault's Memory And Imagination
1,013 wordsA Study in the Imagination and Memory of Consciousness The essence or even existence of consciousness serves as basis for any philosophical debate. In The Stranger Camus explores the progression of a man without consciousness. I will prove that once the court triggers Meursault's memory and imagination, it in turn sparks Meursault's development of consciousness. Camus introduces Meursault devoid of an effective memory or imagination. Without these, he is not truly conscious. He urges Sal amano t...
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Effect On Meursault
633 wordsAlbert Camus' novel, The Stranger, examines what happens to a passive man when mixed in a murder. During the trial of the main character, Meursault, the prosecutor examines Meursault's normal behavior as callous and cold. In order for the prosecutor to have a case in the reader's mind, Camus must create the past that the trial calls for. Camus shows a passive man, and the way that he deals with normal life occurrences. Camus must create a portrait of indifference. When Meursault is talking to Ra...
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Escape For Meursault And Mitty
1,209 wordsThe opening lines of the novel, The Outsider by Albert Camus, set the tone for the book: "Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know" (pg. 9), it is a dreary and depressing sentence, so are the thoughts of a character by the name of Meursault. However, the circumstances that took place, plunged him into a spiral of events. Strangely, his thoughts stayed the same, yet his life changed dramatically. Conversely, the story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber, is seemingly con...
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Point To Meursault As An Existentialist Existentialists
1,615 wordsNihilism is, literally, the belief in nothing. Originally the term was used to attack accused heretics during the middle ages. Over time, however, the term became applied to a particular branch of philosophy, a radical form of skepticism maintaining the nonexistence of any objective basis for truth. From this standpoint they demanded the complete rejection of all established views and institutions, being constructed on a foundation of subjectivity. Meursault, in Camus' "The Stranger", appears to...
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Mersault's Mothers Funeral Meursault
1,477 wordsTopic: The Outsider is not about the murder of an Arab but about the inability of society to understand Mersault's Detachment In The Outsider, Meursault is ultimately punished not for the murder of the Arab, but for his lack of adherence to the social codes governing appropriate behavior after his mother's death. In this respect we can argue that Camus novel is not about the Arab's murder but it is about the inability of society to understand Meursault's detachment. The murder trial turns into a...
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Meursault's Relationship With His Mother Attitude Towards Authority
1,920 wordsAlbert Camus The Stranger is about the life of a very complex character named Meursault. Meursault is a very stolid person who is not given to shows of emotions. He remains this way through most of the book, but towards the end, he starts to become more feeling. He is what would be considered an existentialist a person who relies on their own experience and reason, does not defy authority, and has no feelings. Meursault Metamorphosis from an unfeeling and uncaring person in part one, is evidence...
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Meursault By Chance
1,221 wordsSelf defense is a defense of one's own person, property, or reputation. Premeditated is considered or planned before hand. Did Meursault, in the story The Stranger, by Camus, have a right to kill the Arab Were Meursault's actions in the wrong Was it his battle, or should he have walked away Sundays for Meursault, are usually stagnant days, no routine, no fun, no importune outings. This Sunday, however, was the climax of the novel's action, leading us to Meursault's philosophical insight and conv...
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Incompetent Text In Contrast With Meursault's Stance
2,582 wordsIncompetent Texts in Camus, Sartre, and Celine The Stranger, by Albert Camus, Nausea, by Jean-Paul Sartre, and Death on the Installment Plan, by Louis-Ferdinand Celine, all contrast themselves with internal texts that fail to represent the world competently. The Stranger includes the prosecutor's narrative of the murders as an incompetent text by refusing to support the motives he assigns. It contrasts itself with the prosecutor's narrative in view of the excessive language of the prosecutor ver...
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Meursault's Killing Of The Arab
482 wordsMeursaults court-appointed lawyer informs him that the investigators checking into Meursault's private life have learned that Meursault was "insensitive" at Madame Meursaults funeral. Meursault explains that he probably did love his mother, but it didn't matter. The lawyer is clearly uncomfortable with Meursault's response. During the course of the eleven-month investigation that ensues, the magistrate takes to calling Meursault "Monsieur Antichrist" with an almost cordial air. Meursault's desir...
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Marie Visits Meursault After Work
646 wordsMeursault is notified by mail that his mother has died, though he is not sure of the exact date. He notes that the entire funeral moved so fast and deliberately that he remembers nothing except a comment of the nurse and the image of Perez crying. Upon waking up from his 12 hour sleep, Meursault realizes that it is Saturday and that he will receive a total of four days off from work. He notices how the apartment was too big with Mama gone and so he has only kept up what is necessary for his dail...
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Meursault's Murder Of The Arab
401 wordsMeursault, a young man living in Algiers, receives a report of his mother Madame Meursault's funeral. He attends her funeral, but he does not show any outward signs of appropriate grief. He returns to his home and immediately begins an affair with Marie Cardona, a former co-worker. After the weekend ends, he concludes that his mother's death has changed nothing. The banal rhythm of a Sunday afternoon remains exactly the same as it was before. He strikes up an acquaintance with Raymond Sites, a l...
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Meursault's Mother's Death
1,742 wordsCamus discusses the estrangement of an individual in a benign and indifferent universe, one in which conformity prevails. He not only satirizes the conformity of society, but religion and the legal system as well. Throughout part one of the novel Meursault focuses primarily on the physical world, leaving emotions almost completely out of the picture. This works to develop Meursault's philosophy that is grounded in the objective, physical world. Later it is revealed that Meursault is not very rel...
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People S Lives
579 wordsMeursault is the stranger. When he is doing something or when he is saying something, he looks different from other people. Here are examples that show his philosophy. First, Meursault says, ! ^0 I started yelling at the top of my lungs! +/- (Camus 120). This is indicating that his mind or heartbeat is out of his control. He seems to adapt himself to new circumstances, but he might have a hard time fitting in there. Because, in this story, he never seemed have a problem himself and he never trie...
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