Mersault of Albert Camus" The Stranger and Raskolnikov of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment follow similar [existentialist] moral codes that regulate their attitudes toward death and religion. ... (Camus 3) These words spoken by Mersault imply that it does not matter to Mersault when she died. ... (Camus 83) Mersault noted this nonchalantly as he entered the court under the eyes of the jury as though he was an omnipotent observer of the universe. ... (Camus 123) His audacity knows no bounds; moreover, he shows no recognition of the solemnity of human existence or the preserv...

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Meursault is a man who will not lie to himself. In Albert Camus" The Stranger, his actions and reactions display him as an immoral man, expressing apathy towards society's formulas for convention. He will not feign emotion, nor use religion as a vehicle to give his life meaning. Meursault has a ...

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Ethical and moral are the important theories for a normal society to judgments a person. In The Stranger, by Albert Camus, is a French novel about a man who does not follow the typical standards of society. Meursault who is the main protagonist in the novel experiences his mother death, meets a love...

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