Essays Tagged: "Albert Camus"

Symbolism in Camus' The Plague

e first essay for Integrative Studies 300 I would like to write on the Camuswork, The Plague. Since Albert Camus has a philosophical view unlike that of manywestern writers, the book can serve as an e ...

(1 pages) 97 1 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Character analysis of Daru in 'With the Guest' written by Albert Camus

ry that most interested me to choose my character. This story would be 'With the Guest', written by Albert Camus. With the main character of this story is Daru. In the following paragraphs I will anal ...

(3 pages) 145 0 4.1 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot " vs. The Stranger by Albert Camus

Albert Camus's novel, The Stranger, and Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot, are both great lit ...

(3 pages) 56 0 4.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Tarrou, the Plague's Only Hero in The Plague by Albert Campus

In 'The Plague', Albert Camus pits humanity against an unstoppable force of nature: the bubonic plague. He creates a ... PHYBree, Germaine. Camus. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1962.McCarthy, Patrick. 'The Plague.' In Albert Camus, p.107-113. Edited by Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989.

(3 pages) 81 0 3.3 Feb/1993

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

general explanations of Albert Camus's philosophy

Born on November 7, 1913 in Mandoui, Algeria, Albert Camus earned aworldwide reputation as a novelist and essayist and won the Nobel Prize for lit ...

(1 pages) 92 2 5.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Eugene Ionesco et le Theatre de l'Absurde

Unis des annees 50 et 60. Le "mouvement" etait base sur l'evaluation qu'avait faite le philosophe, Albert Camus, dans son essai, Le Mythe de Sisyphhus. Camus a declare que la situation humaine est, e ...

(4 pages) 53 1 5.0 Jan/1993

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Albert Camus

I. Biographical InsightsA. Albert Camus' cultures consist of being a novelist, literature and short story writer of many books. ... ote an essay on the state of Muslims in Algeria, causing him to lose his job and he moved to Paris. Albert Camus also joined the French resistance against the Nazis and became an editor of 'Combat', a ... ewspaper. He was dissatisfied with the editorial of the Board and left the underground newspaper.B. Albert Camus, son of a working-class family, was born in Algeria in 1913, in an extreme poverty area ...

(7 pages) 66 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

An esaay evaluating and explaining symbolism and rhetoric devices used in the novel The Stranger

In Albert Camus' absurdist novel, The Stranger, Meursault's detachment from society and his killing of ...

(3 pages) 55 0 3.7 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Seven page final paper analyzing and connecting Things Fall Apart, The Stranger, and Beloved together by use of theme, characterization, setting, conflict, and point of view.

Three novels - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, The Stranger by Albert Camus, and Beloved by Toni Morrison, each bear a close resemblance to each other. Through the ...

(18 pages) 295 0 4.8 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Schindler's List

that strength of heart, intelligence and courage are enough to stop fate and sometimes reverse it." Albert Camus.Albert Camus believes that the greatest tragedies of history are so horrific that peopl ... spell to be broken", people must have "strength of heart, intelligence and courage." I believe that Albert Camus is correct, people are under a vale of impotence when it comes to the tragedies of the ...

(3 pages) 140 1 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger by Albert CamusMeursault is a shipping clerk whose mother has just died but he does not seem very upset ...

(7 pages) 42 0 2.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Myth of Sisyphus

In "The Myth of Sisyphus", Albert Camus illustrates that life has no ultimate meaning, but humans on earth can still be happy t ...

(2 pages) 127 2 4.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Meursault in "The Stranger" by Albert Camus.

they were born, while others think that they decide what they do by themselves. In "the stranger", Albert Camus creates Meursault as a protagonist, who does not think about anything deeply. Because o ...

(5 pages) 94 0 2.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Personal motive vs. societal influences: The powerful role played by society in "Crime and Punishment" and "The Stranger".

at any attempt to transcend the induced limitations results in self-destruction. In The Stranger by Albert Camus, Meursault's lack of a local cause, motivation, and personal means of justification for ...

(6 pages) 69 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Mersault and His Trial in Albert Camus's "The Stranger" - This was for an IB Higher Level English class...

Is there truly any justice in the novel The Stranger, written by Albert Camus? This is a question that naturally protrudes throughout the novel, as it is not abundan ...

(4 pages) 61 0 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Albert Camus (author of The Stranger) and Existentialism .

Albert Camus and Existentialism"If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in d ... pairing of lifeas in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life."--Albert CamusExistentialism was a movement of the 19th and 20th centuries that primarily focused on i ... n a vital movement in literature, particularly in the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Franz Kafka, and Albert Camus.More specifically, Albert Camus wrote about existentialism in his novel, The Stranger. ...

(1 pages) 82 0 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

The Stranger by Albert Camus

In Albert Camus's famous novel The Stranger there are many out of the ordinary occurrences, the theory ... it one who claims to be no longer interested in things of the mind" (Fletcher 4).BibliographyCamus, Albert. The Stranger. Vintage International: New York, 1988.Fletcher, John. "Source: Albert Camus". ... k, 1988.Fletcher, John. "Source: Albert Camus". African Writers 1(1997): 139-152.Rhein, Phillip H. "Albert Camus". Twayne's World Authors Series Online.New York: G.K. Hall & Co.,1999.Sartre, Jean- ...

(7 pages) 110 1 2.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Discussion of the sun in the Albert Camus novel "The Stranger".

any novels. It isusually seen as a guiding light in the dark or as hope in times of despair. In the AlbertCamus story, The Stranger, the sun represents a new element. Camus, a veryunconventional think ... enzy where he can only think to shoot the Arab, then to shoot him four more times.Works CitedCamus, Albert. The Stranger.Ward, Selena. SparkNotes on The Stranger. 3 March 2003.

(2 pages) 74 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

A definition paper about the word "friendship."

han to be alone in the world, and without having any friends, alone is how you will live your life. Albert Camus once said "Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not ...

(2 pages) 376 0 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

A comparison of the life of Albert Camus and his novel "the Stranger".

The Stranger life of Albert CamusAlbert Camus, the creator behind the theory of "The Absurd"(Hikaru), is a man of unique ... as himself. Nevertheless, after research it is concluded that because of his biased writing style, Albert Camus has once again portrayed the protagonist, Meursault, to be a follower in the belief of ... ief of The Absurd. Because of this one significant similarity, as well as other minor correlations, Albert Camus accurately portrays his life in the novel The Stranger.The book takes place in Algeria ...

(3 pages) 52 0 3.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies