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Literary JewelsLiterary JewelsThis blog is dedicated to the jewels of literature, including novels, poetry, writers and their writings. It is about American literature, English literature, African literature, Indian English literature etc. I have made an attempt to interpret lite Articles
Who is Godot? in 'Waiting for Godot'
2007-08-17 06:45:00 Critics have interpreted the identity of Godot in various ways, ranging from being a saviour and a god to being a rich employer. Critics have the life history of Beckett to establish the identity of Godot but Beckett's own reaction has been that if he knew who Godot was he would have mentioned that in the play. So let's interpret it ourselves. Godot symbolizes hope. It is only this wait for Godot, which is the only ray of hope for the tramps in the play.The most popular and the strongest identity of Godot has been that of God. In the Bible God speaks to Moses, he fulfills the promises, he appears before Moses. But in 'Wait ing for Godot' all this does not happen. Godot never comes, only his messengers appear - the two boys, one of them is treated fairly while the other is beaten up by Godot. So can we say that Beckett has portrayed the negative image of God in his character Godot? Godot is not just, impartial, true to his words. Beckett's Godot is the distorted version of God, s...
Who is Godot? in 'Waiting for Godot'
2007-08-17 06:45:00 Critics have interpreted the identity of Godot in various ways, ranging from being a saviour and a god to being a rich employer. Critics have the life history of Beckett to establish the identity of Godot but Beckett's own reaction has been that if he knew who Godot was he would have mentioned that in the play. So let's interpret it ourselves. Godot symbolizes hope. It is only this wait for Godot, which is the only ray of hope for the tramps in the play.The most popular and the strongest identity of Godot has been that of God. In the Bible God speaks to Moses, he fulfills the promises, he appears before Moses. But in 'Wait ing for Godot' all this does not happen. Godot never comes, only his messengers appear - the two boys, one of them is treated fairly while the other is beaten up by Godot. So can we say that Beckett has portrayed the negative image of God in his character Godot? Godot is not just, impartial, true to his words. Beckett's Godot is the distorted version of God, s...
Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot'
2007-08-14 14:50:00 'Wait ing for Godot' by Samuel Beckett is one of my most favourite dramas. It is a typical example of an Absurd drama, although Beckett himself would have rejected that tag. The drama moves in circular motion - ending from where it all begun. The second act too is on the same pattern as the first one. The play begins with Estragon saying, "Nothing to be done." This is probably the conclusion of the play. So we have to be alive till we are dead.Normally a play moves from point A to point B but the case of 'Waiting for Godot' is different. Another important part of any play is the characters. But there are no such characters in this play who grow, develop. Then witty dialogues like in other plays are absent here. There is repetition of dialogues, which are more like monosyllables or very short ones. There are more silences. The elaborate stage settings which are a part and parcel of any play are nowhere to be seen in 'Waiting for Godot'. There is a bare trees, country road; but n...
Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot'
2007-08-14 14:50:00 'Wait ing for Godot' by Samuel Beckett is one of my most favourite dramas. It is a typical example of an Absurd drama, although Beckett himself would have rejected that tag. The drama moves in circular motion - ending from where it all begun. The second act too is on the same pattern as the first one. The play begins with Estragon saying, "Nothing to be done." This is probably the conclusion of the play. So we have to be alive till we are dead.Normally a play moves from point A to point B but the case of 'Waiting for Godot' is different. Another important part of any play is the characters. But there are no such characters in this play who grow, develop. Then witty dialogues like in other plays are absent here. There is repetition of dialogues, which are more like monosyllables or very short ones. There are more silences. The elaborate stage settings which are a part and parcel of any play are nowhere to be seen in 'Waiting for Godot'. There is a bare trees, country road; but n...
Concept of Time in Literature
2007-08-09 16:02:00 German Nobel Prize Winner, Thomas Mann in his novel ‘The Magic Mountain’ writes: “What is time? It is a secret – lacking in substance and yet almighty.” The concept of time has been treated differently in different periods of time. In ancient Greece time was treated as a circle. Hesoid, the Greek historian of 8th century B.C. divided time into five ages of mankind, beginning with the golden age of the distant past when men lived in peace and continuing upto the contemporary Iron Age where fights and warfare prevail. But in medieval and modern times time has been treated as a linear process. Saint Augustine in his ‘City of God’ favoured the linear concept of time and labelled the Greek cyclic time as a mere superstition.Time has been mentioned in literature in different ways. Even the mythical and cyclic depiction of time had influenced many writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez (‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’), Octavio Paz (his poem ‘Piedra de sol’). Even T.... More About: Literature , Concept
Concept of Time in Literature
2007-08-09 16:02:00 German Nobel Prize Winner, Thomas Mann in his novel ?The Magic Mountain? writes: ?What is time? It is a secret ? lacking in substance and yet almighty.? The concept of time has been treated differently in different periods of time. In ancient Greece time was treated as a circle. Hesoid, the Greek historian of 8th century B.C. divided time into five ages of mankind, beginning with the golden age of the distant past when men lived in peace and continuing upto the contemporary Iron Age where fights and warfare prevail. But in medieval and modern times time has been treated as a linear process. Saint Augustine in his ?City of God? favoured the linear concept of time and labelled the Greek cyclic time as a mere superstition.Time has been mentioned in literature in different ways. Even the mythical and cyclic depiction of time had influenced many writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez (?One Hundred Years of Solitude?), Octavio Paz (his poem ?Piedra de sol?). Even T.S. Eliot in his poem ?... More About: Literature , Concept , Tera
Feeling of Alienation in 'The Namesake'
2007-08-03 06:33:00 Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Namesake ' is a story of Indian immigrants in the United States the effect the immigration has on their offsprings. There is a feeling of alienation, a feeling of being lonely in the crowd all through the novel. Only once does Ashima Ganguli, Gogol mother, feel attached to America because of the memories of her husband after his death. She doesn't want that the house should be altered after it is sold to someone else. Her husband had made his living in this country.The situation of Gogol is no better. He is a child who is born to Indian parents but is brought up in America. He is neither able to become an American at heart nor remains an Indian. He does not fully belong to anywhere. He is a 'nowhere man'.He tries to break away from the Indian traditions followed by his family. Once he had resented the trips made of Calcutta but finally he comes to wonder 'how his parents had done it ...All those trips...how could they have been enough?' This was the real... More About: Feeling , Indian English Literature , Ames , Feel
Feeling of Alienation in 'The Namesake'
2007-08-03 06:33:00 Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Names ake ' is a story of Indian immigrants in the United States the effect the immigration has on their offsprings. There is a feeling of alienation, a feeling of being lonely in the crowd all through the novel. Only once does Ashima Ganguli, Gogol mother, feel attached to America because of the memories of her husband after his death. She doesn't want that the house should be altered after it is sold to someone else. Her husband had made his living in this country.The situation of Gogol is no better. He is a child who is born to Indian parents but is brought up in America. He is neither able to become an American at heart nor remains an Indian. He does not fully belong to anywhere. He is a 'nowhere man'.He tries to break away from the Indian traditions followed by his family. Once he had resented the trips made of Calcutta but finally he comes to wonder 'how his parents had done it ...All those trips...how could they have been enough?' This was the real... More About: Feeling
Child Psychology in 'The Namesake'
2007-08-01 06:00:00 Jhumpa Lahiri, the celebrated author of 'The Interpretor of Maladies'(a collection of short stories) also penned down the Pulitzer Prize winner 'The Names ake '. The theme of cultural alienation dominates the whole novel. But what I am going to discuss here is the psychological insights provided into the working of a child's mind by the author. When Gogol, the main character of the novel, is young he responds only to that name. Even in school he refuses to accept 'Nikhil' as his school name. He doesn't respond when he's called Nikhil. It is but natural for a child to do so. Nikhil is not known to him. He only knows Gogol.But he grows conscious about his name later on till a time comes when he finally declares he hates the name 'Gogol' and formally changes it to 'Nikhil'. But for the whole of his life he is unable to detach himself from his former name. The name 'Gogol' keeps propping up at different times.Again after his father's death he feels guilty about the change ... More About: Psychology , Child , Holo
Child Psychology in 'The Namesake'
2007-08-01 06:00:00 Jhumpa Lahiri, the celebrated author of 'The Interpretor of Maladies'(a collection of short stories) also penned down the Pulitzer Prize winner 'The Namesake '. The theme of cultural alienation dominates the whole novel. But what I am going to discuss here is the psychological insights provided into the working of a child's mind by the author. When Gogol, the main character of the novel, is young he responds only to that name. Even in school he refuses to accept 'Nikhil' as his school name. He doesn't respond when he's called Nikhil. It is but natural for a child to do so. Nikhil is not known to him. He only knows Gogol.But he grows conscious about his name later on till a time comes when he finally declares he hates the name 'Gogol' and formally changes it to 'Nikhil'. But for the whole of his life he is unable to detach himself from his former name. The name 'Gogol' keeps propping up at different times.Again after his father's death he feels guilty about the change ... More About: Psychology , Child , Ames , Mesa
Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
2007-07-29 15:25:00 Recently I was lucky enough to lay my hands upon Oscar Wilde's play 'The Import ance of Being Earnest'. I had earlier read this play, I don't know how many years ago. But any way it was a real funny experience. All of us need to have such breaks while reading serious literature.This play was very famous in America also. The play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is sheer comedy, at moments it is just hilarious. There is a touch of realism too. The conversation that takes place is so natural and spontaneous. It is so close to real life that it could have happened anywhere. The incident - when Gwendolen and Cecily decide to remain quiet when Jack and Algernon come but are first ones to break the silence with their questions put forward the moment the latter two enter - is not only comic but also shows the universal human nature of reacting overenthusiastically, of uncontrollable inquisitiveness.There is a use on irony also to create humour. The word 'earnest' as in the title '... More About: Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
2007-07-29 15:25:00 Recently I was lucky enough to lay my hands upon Oscar Wilde's play 'The Import ance of Being Earnest'. I had earlier read this play, I don't know how many years ago. But any way it was a real funny experience. All of us need to have such breaks while reading serious literature.This play was very famous in America also. The play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is sheer comedy, at moments it is just hilarious. There is a touch of realism too. The conversation that takes place is so natural and spontaneous. It is so close to real life that it could have happened anywhere. The incident - when Gwendolen and Cecily decide to remain quiet when Jack and Algernon come but are first ones to break the silence with their questions put forward the moment the latter two enter - is not only comic but also shows the universal human nature of reacting overenthusiastically, of uncontrollable inquisitiveness.There is a use on irony also to create humour. The word 'earnest' as in the title '...
Toadstone in Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'
2007-07-25 18:09:00 Shakespeare in 'As You Like It' talked about toadstones in the following lines:Sweet the uses of adversity.Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.Even in earlier literature toadstones have been mentioned and many myths have been woven around them. They find a mention in literature as early as the Roman writer Pliny the Elder. It is a stone that was worn as a charm and believed to have been formed in the body of a toad. More About: Shakespeare , Toad , Tone
Toadstone in Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'
2007-07-25 18:09:00 Shakespeare in 'As You Like It' talked about toadstones in the following lines:Sweet the uses of adversity.Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.Even in earlier literature toadstones have been mentioned and many myths have been woven around them. They find a mention in literature as early as the Roman writer Pliny the Elder. It is a stone that was worn as a charm and believed to have been formed in the body of a toad. More About: Toad , Tone
Harry Potter alive?
2007-07-21 11:27:00 (photo courtesy: SCHOLASTIC)Harry Potter fans can now heave a sigh of relief. The latest news isthat Harry Potter is very much alive in the seventh book 'HarryPotter and the Deathly Hallows'. But this news is no substitute forreading and relishing each chapter as you go through the book. Sojust like the protagonist of majority of other novels, he lives on,victorious over the evil or something else is in store? Let's catchhold of a copy of the novel and find out.Actually the book was leaked four-five days before it was released.It was available for download on some sites. The New York Times evenpublished a review of the final book of Harry Potter on Thursday,that is 19 July, before its official release. These are proof enoughof Harry's popularity. What I believe is that all kinds of illegalactivities won't deter die-hard Potter fans from purchasing thebook. Afterall, we read a book for aesthetic pleasure and because ofour literary interest in it. Just knowing what h... More About: Alive
Harry Potter alive?
2007-07-21 11:27:00 (photo courtesy: SCHOLASTIC)Harry Potter fans can now heave a sigh of relief. The latest news is that Harry Potter is very much alive in the seventh book 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'. But this news is no substitute for reading and relishing each chapter as you go through the book. So just like the protagonist of majority of other novels, he lives on, victorious over the evil or something else is in store? Let's catch hold of a copy of the novel and find out.Actually the book was leaked four-five days before it was released. It was available for download on some sites. The New York Times even published a review of the final book of Harry Potter on Thursday, that is 19 July, before its official release. These are proof enough of Harry's popularity. What I believe is that all kinds of illegal activities won't deter die-hard Potter fans from purchasing the book. Afterall, we read a book for aesthetic pleasure and because of our literary interest in it. Just knowing what h... More About: Alive
Harry Potter fans in a Frenzy!
2007-07-21 05:21:00 Finally the day is here. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' is released today. The question being raised now is - will Harry die? Will he kill Lord Voldemort and die in the fight? Due to this anxiety among Harry Potter fans helplines have geared up to take care of distraught fans. Earlier at a press conference Rowling has confirmed the death of two characters. Fans have reacted violently to the idea of Harry's death. But Rowling is of the opinion that after his death no other author would be able to write about him without seeking her permission. Daniel Radcliffe in 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' (photo courtesy: Yahoo! Movies) According to a news Daniel Radcliffe, the teenage actor who played Harry in the film adaptations of the book, himself wishes Harry Potter's death. But later Radcliffe regretted having a death wish for Potter. "I wish I'd never said that. And I have started to think his death might be too obvious a route to go down," Daniel told the Dai... More About: Frenzy
Harry Potter fans in a Frenzy!
2007-07-21 05:21:00 Finally the day is here. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' is released today. The question being raised now is - will Harry die? Will he kill Lord Voldemort and die in the fight? Due to this anxiety among Harry Potter fans helplines have geared up to take care of distraught fans. Earlier at a press conference Rowling has confirmed the death of two characters. Fans have reacted violently to the idea of Harry's death. But Rowling is of the opinion that after his death no other author would be able to write about him without seeking her permission. Daniel Radcliffe in 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' (photo courtesy: Yahoo! Movies) According to a news Daniel Radcliffe, the teenage actor who played Harry in the film adaptations of the book, himself wishes Harry Potter's death. But later Radcliffe regretted having a death wish for Potter. "I wish I'd never said that. And I have started to think his death might be too obvious a route to go down," Daniel told the Dai... More About: Frenzy
J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter
2007-07-19 17:04:00 The name of J.K. Rowling needs no introduction. The character of Harry Potter has become a rage with not only kids but also with youngsters and grown-ups. She might have millions from the Harry Potter series now. But the beginning was not at all a cakewalk. Before the first book 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' (later published in the US as 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone') was published by the small publisher Bloomsbury, the manuscript was rejected by twelve publishers. The manuscript was accepted because of the publisher's daughter, who was curious to read the next chapter after being given the first chapter. Sincethen there has been no looking back. She has many awards including Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, British Book Award. Rowling is not only a terrific writer but also a philanthropist has done many charity works.She was born on 31 July, 1965 in England. She completed her first manuscript for the first in the Harry Potter series, 'Harry Potter and the...
J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter
2007-07-19 17:04:00 The name of J.K. Rowling needs no introduction. The character of Harry Potter has become a rage with not only kids but also with youngsters and grown-ups. She might have millions from the Harry Potter series now. But the beginning was not at all a cakewalk. Before the first book 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' (later published in the US as 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone') was published by the small publisher Bloomsbury, the manuscript was rejected by twelve publishers. The manuscript was accepted because of the publisher's daughter, who was curious to read the next chapter after being given the first chapter. Sincethen there has been no looking back. She has many awards including Nestl Smarties Book Prize, British Book Award. Rowling is not only a terrific writer but also a philanthropist has done many charity works.She was born on 31 July, 1965 in England. She completed her first manuscript for the first in the Harry Potter series, 'Harry Potter and the ...
Ted Hughes' 'Old Age Gets Up'
2007-07-18 16:07:00 I would like to quote here a poem by Ted Hugh es .Old Age Gets UpStirs its ashes and embers, its burnt sticksAn eye powdered over, half melted and solid againPondersIdeas that collapseAt the first touch of attentionThe light at the window, so square and so sameSo full-strong as ever, the window frameA scaffold in space, for eyes to lean onSupporting the body, shaped to its old workMaking small movements in gray airNumbed from the blurred accidentOf having lived, the fatal, real injuryUnder the amnesiaSomething tries to save itself-searchesFor defenses-but words evadeLike flies with their own notionsOld age slowly gets dressedHeavily dosed with death's nightSits on the bed's edgePulls its pieces togetherLoosely tucks in its shirtOld is such a stage of life when you have satisfaction of having lived a full life but at the same time prospect of growing old is frightening. This is because of the state of loneliness associated with old age and the unconcerned look in the eyes of others t... More About: English Poetry
Ted Hughes' 'Old Age Gets Up'
2007-07-18 16:07:00 I would like to quote here a poem by Ted Hugh es .Old Age Gets UpStirs its ashes and embers, its burnt sticksAn eye powdered over, half melted and solid againPondersIdeas that collapseAt the first touch of attentionThe light at the window, so square and so sameSo full-strong as ever, the window frameA scaffold in space, for eyes to lean onSupporting the body, shaped to its old workMaking small movements in gray airNumbed from the blurred accidentOf having lived, the fatal, real injuryUnder the amnesiaSomething tries to save itself-searchesFor defenses-but words evadeLike flies with their own notionsOld age slowly gets dressedHeavily dosed with death's nightSits on the bed's edgePulls its pieces togetherLoosely tucks in its shirtOld is such a stage of life when you have satisfaction of having lived a full life but at the same time prospect of growing old is frightening. This is because of the state of loneliness associated with old age and the unconcerned look in the eyes of others t...
Ted Hughes
2007-07-13 16:25:00 Ted Hugh es was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire,in 1930 on 17th August. Later his family moved to Mexborough. He studied at the Pembroke College, Cambridge. He even met his Sylvia Plath. He studied English there and then switched on to study anthropology and archaeology later. His first poem was published in 1954. He had written his first poem at the age of fifteen. In the following two years he was involved in odd jobs like that of a night watchman, zoo attendant. He also worked as a school teacher and then as a reader for J. Arthur Rank. Later in 1956 Hughes was a part of the team of six, which produced the literary magazine, St Botolph's Review. Another important event of his life that occured in 1956 was meeting Sylvia Plath and marrying her four months later.Hughes' first book of poetry, 'Hawk in the Rain' was published in 1957, and since then over the next 41 years there was no looking back. ONe of his best known works is considered to be 'Crow' published in 1970.There is... More About: Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
2007-07-13 16:25:00 Ted Hugh es was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire,in 1930 on 17th August. Later his family moved to Mexborough. He studied at the Pembroke College, Cambridge. He even met his Sylvia Plath. He studied English there and then switched on to study anthropology and archaeology later. His first poem was published in 1954. He had written his first poem at the age of fifteen. In the following two years he was involved in odd jobs like that of a night watchman, zoo attendant. He also worked as a school teacher and then as a reader for J. Arthur Rank. Later in 1956 Hughes was a part of the team of six, which produced the literary magazine, St Botolph's Review. Another important event of his life that occured in 1956 was meeting Sylvia Plath and marrying her four months later.Hughes' first book of poetry, 'Hawk in the Rain' was published in 1957, and since then over the next 41 years there was no looking back. ONe of his best known works is considered to be 'Crow' published in 1970.There is... More About: Ted Hughes
I want to produce a few lines from Toni Morrison's...
2007-07-10 17:41:00 I want to produce a few lines from Toni Morrison 'smasterpiece 'The Bluest Eye':"And now when I see her searching the garbage - for what?The thing we assassinated? I talk about how I did not plantthe seeds too deeply, how it was the fault of the earth, theland, of our town. I even think now that the land of theentire country was hostile to marigolds that year. This soilis bad for certain kinds of flowers. Certain seed it willnot nurture, certain fruit it will not bear, and when theland kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say thevictim had no right to live. We are wrong, of course, but itdoesn't matter. It's too late. At least on the edge of mytown, among the garbage and the sunflowers of my town, it's much, much too late." More About: Lines , Prod , Produce
Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye'
2007-07-07 14:52:00 Toni Morrison was the eighth American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Her novel are characterized by epic themes, elaborately sketched African-American characters and vivid dialogues. She won Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 for her novel, 'Beloved'. Her other famous novels include 'The Bluest Eye', 'Song of Solomon'.The last book I read was Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye'. In 2000 this novel was selected for Oprah's Book Club.The story has been narrated from the perception of Pecola, her mother, her father, her friend Claudia and Soaphead Church. This book has been attempted to be banned in schools and libraries because of its controversial nature of its themes of racism and child molestation.The way she begins her story saying that there were no marrigolds that season, suggests that there was something evil happening on that land. It also reminded of T.S. Eliot's line: "April is the cruellest month"('The Wasteland').Morrison writes in 'The Bluest Ey... More About: Toni Morrison , Toni
Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye'
2007-07-07 14:52:00 Toni Morrison was the eighth American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Her novel are characterized by epic themes, elaborately sketched African-American characters and vivid dialogues. She won Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 for her novel, 'Beloved'. Her other famous novels include 'The Bluest Eye', 'Song of Solomon'.The last book I read was Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye'. In 2000 this novel was selected for Oprah's Book Club.The story has been narrated from the perception of Pecola, her mother, her father, her friend Claudia and Soaphead Church. This book has been attempted to be banned in schools and libraries because of its controversial nature of its themes of racism and child molestation.The way she begins her story saying that there were no marrigolds that season, suggests that there was something evil happening on that land. It also reminded of T.S.Eliot's line: "April is the cruellest month"('The Wasteland').Morrison writes in 'The Bluest Eye... More About: Toni Morrison , Toni
'The Outsider' by Albert Camus
2007-07-04 10:56:00 The hero of the novel 'The O utsider', Meursault is a typical example of an absurd character. His story parallels the story of Sisyphus - stripped of all illusions, extracts a grim acceptance of life from death and defeat, he deems life worth living after all he'd had. This novel without hope, even against hope, ends on a note of hope and promise.When Meursault is condemned to death, he considers the question of beginning life afresh (here Camus is illustrating the absurdity through the myth of Sisyphus).In a letter Camus wrote: "A man's greatness lies more in what he keeps to himself than in what he says." Meursault is an example of this great silence. During the trial one of the witnesses says about him: "Meursault didn't waste words."Camus writes about Meursault's feelings at the end of the novel:"I realized that I'd been happy, and that I was still happy. For the final consummation and for me to feel less lonely, my last wish was that there should be a crowd of spectators ... More About: Albert Camus , Albert
'The Outsider' by Albert Camus
2007-07-04 10:56:00 The hero of the novel 'The O utsider', Meursault is a typical example of an absurd character. His story parallels the story of Sisyphus - stripped of all illusions, extracts a grim acceptance of life from death and defeat, he deems life worth living after all he'd had. This novel without hope, even against hope, ends on a note of hope and promise.When Meursault is condemned to death, he considers the question of beginning life afresh (here Camus is illustrating the absurdity through the myth of Sisyphus).In a letter Camus wrote: "A man's greatness lies more in what he keeps to himself than in what he says." Meursault is an example of this great silence. During the trial one of the witnesses says about him: "Meursault didn't waste words."Camus writes about Meursault's feelings at the end of the novel:"I realized that I'd been happy, and that I was still happy. For the final consummation and for me to feel less lonely, my last wish was that there should be a crowd of spectators ... More About: Albert Camus , Albert
The 'Absurd'
More articles from this author:2007-07-03 14:34:00 The absurd is not, says Sartre, "a mere idea; it is revealed to us in a doleful illumination - getting up, tram, four hours of work, meal, sleep; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, in the same routine." This pattern is horrifyingly similar to the pattern of Sisyphus.The essay 'Le Mythe de Sisyphe' ('The Myth of Sisyphus'), 1942, illustrates Camus' concept of the absurd and accepting it with "the total absence of hope, which has nothing to do with despair, a continual refusal, which must not be confused with renouncement - and a conscious dissatisfaction".According to existentialist philosophers such as Camus and Sartre, "absurdity" is the necessary result of our attempts to live a life of meaning and purpose in an indifferent, uncaring universe. Another quality of the absurd man is that he will never be disappointed with life. He will want to live even if he visualizes a life without hope, without future. (Albert Camus won the Nobel Prize for Literature in ... More About: Absurd , Absu 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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