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Albert Camus' "The Stranger"
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Albert Camus' "The Stranger"
This paper explores existentialist idea and absurd hero in Albert Camus' "The Stranger": Jean-Paul Sartre, revolt, freedom and death.
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1990
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"Albert Camus' novel The Stranger reflects various ideas which are associated with the philosophy of existentialism. According to existentialism, as developed by the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, all of life is absurd. People are born into the world without knowing why. Consequently, they perform actions throughout their lives which appear to be important on a day-to-day level but which have no meaning when viewed in a larger context. Thus, in Sartre's view, "to exist as a human being is inexplicable, and wholly absurd". Existentialism is also characterized by an atheistic perspective which denies the existence of God. Because of this perspective, death is seen as the ultimate absurdity for humankind. In Sartre's point of view: "Death is as absurd as birth--it is no ultimate, authentic moment of my life, it is nothing but the ... "More papers on Albert Camus' "The Stranger":
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Albert Camus' "The Stranger" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Albert-Camus'-The-Stranger/18354
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"Albert Camus' "The Stranger"" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Albert-Camus'-The-Stranger/18354>
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