Camus
The Stranger

An Existential Novel

• Who is Meursault?
  • He is made through his choices
    • "A murderer"
    • "A friend of Raymond"
  • Why is it called The Stranger?
    • Indifference to life
    • Bad Faith
• What is love?
  • Relationship with his mother
  • Do we wish our loved ones dead?
  • Relationship with Marie
  • Is love "selfish?"
• The significance and use of light
• The ending
  • The confrontation with the priest
  • "All that remains is to be less lonely, and to be greeted with cries of execration."
  • Life's "absurdity"

The Meursault Archetype

• Meursault - a positive or negative figure?
• Meursault as a mirror
• Apathy and indifference to life

Humanities Resource of Mark Hunter