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Meursault the 20th-century indifferent man to whom things happen because he allows them to. [Fr. Lit.: Camus The Stranger in Weiss, 445] See : Anti-Heroism How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Meursault finds himself the object of hatred and scorn in the public eye. The unnamed narrator is a Meursault without the energy or interest to commit a murder, even a pointless one--"It's not that I feel tremendously low; it's rather that the world around me appears high. Bryant links Bigger's likeness to Albert Camus's existentialist hero Meursault in The Stranger, pointing out that both heroes commit violent murders that move them toward the self submerged under many masks. |
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