Areas of philosophically inclined literature have seen the development of a broad and rather decrepit notion of space. This was existentialism, long before its origin was successfully brought to light in modern literature. After the growing familiarity, and due to the existentialist movement of Franco in which Camus was very involved, a new theory of […]
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Chance is the force assumed to cause events that cannot be predicted or contained. Caring seems to be a funny thing because it happens without human intentions. However, the responsibility for these cases is a fundamental idea in existentialism. In The Pilgrim, by Albert Camus, the main character, Meursault, is encountered. chance at least from […]
Good luck with your arms Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms is a tragic WWI story that deals with love and raises philosophical questions. In Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, there are three primary messages he wants to convey to his audience: the horrors of war, ours. of a dark and senseless world, and the need […]
Existentialism has been defined as a movement that was both philosophical and psychological, and it influenced many diverse individuals during the 19th and 20th centuries. Existentialism has been said to “emphasize the individual existence, freedom, and choice.” Søren Kierkegaard was the first writer to call himself existential, and he rejected Plato’s philosophy that the highest […]
Existentialism, the philosophy that life is meaningless if one fails to find their own purpose, is not one that is widely seen in film. American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes, is a film that revolves around the theme of existentialism. Lester Burnham, the main character, a sad, troubled 42 year old man, married to a […]
In Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Existentialism and Human Emotions,” the author discusses the philosophical concept that existence precedes essence, a theory which involves elements of responsibility and freedom in regards to human choice. The idea that existence precedes essence means that a human being, as well as human reality, exists prior to any concepts of values or […]
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There are two major existential themes that evolve in the movie Groundhog Day. One of the major themes is the loss of identity that evolves throughout the story. When Phil (the anchorman) realizes that he wakes up on Groundhog Day every day, he begins to do things that he wouldn’t normally do, like stealing Punxsutawney […]
There are as many definitions of creative writing as there are people in the world. In general, a person who is uninformed about writing pedagogy might think of the writer creating something like a Shakespearean figure (Haake 4), while the student of creative writing is unable to write from composition or literature (Ostrom xi. ). […]
In The Stranger, some of the most significant events, for example, awakenings, discoveries, changes in consciousness, are mental or psychological. Albert Camus manages to give Meursault’s internal events the sense of suspense and climax associated with external action through stream of consciousness, the narrator’s conflict with other characters and subtle inferences into existentialism and absurdity. […]