Essays on Absurdism

Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainTABLE, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one’s acts. This philosophy is essentially the crux of the novel The Stranger and not only serves as one…

DRAMA Transition to Eclectic Realism provides only amoral observation, while absurdism rejects even the possibility of debate. (Frances Babbage, Augusto Boal). The cynicism of this remark reflects the aberrant attitude towards absurdism, yet there is truth to it. Theatre of the absurd is an esoteric avant-garde style of theatre based on the principles of existentialism…

“Existentialism” : A philosophical theory or attack. that emphasizes the being of the single individual as a free & A ; responsible agent. finding their ain development through Acts of the Apostless of the will. Existentialism is a philosophical term which posits that persons create the significance and kernel of their lives. Existentialism asserts that…

Philosophy 101 Robert Longo’s (Untitled) Adam is a portrait of Albert Camus’s idea of Sisyphus as the absurd hero. American neo-expressionist Robert Longo’s series Yingxiong (Heroes) is a collection of large-scale charcoal drawings of fighter pilot masks and Untitled (Adam), a fighter pilot named after the first man, is one of the best of the…

Who is Holly Golightly? Is she a socialite or an opportunist? Perhaps a lost soul? She is often described as a “free bird,” someone who cannot be confined. However, she is more than that – she is an existential rogue. Truman Capote meticulously crafted this character to explore significant existential concepts. Holly Golightly is unquestionably…

Albert Camus was a French philosopher/writer who was born in Algeria (part of North Africa that was owned by the French) in 1913. He wrote this book showing how life is “absurd” because death is final, therefore making life meaningless. This is a very basic look at the philosophy and you shouldn’t assume that what…

“The Man with the Heavy Leg” is a story set in Luxumberg gardens, where a man has fallen over. Despite being seen by others, he is not offered any meaningful assistance. This man is a sick war veteran whose medication is running out. Eventually, he is helped into an ambulance, which drives away. Absurdism originated…

A belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are, & that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery & expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence While, philosophical theory or approach, that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free & responsible agent,…

As mentioned in Phaeno, Socrates is gathered around all his friends and starts to ask them questions about death and he mentions how suicide is wrong. Also, he argues that the soul is immortal in different ideologies. He explains the Argument from Opposites or the Cyclical argument which states that we all exist exactly the opposite…

Muralist is very isolated from his society, and during his trial all the odds are not in his favor because in this case Muralist is viewed as a minority when compared to the Arabs in Algeria. Even the prosecutor claims that Muralist does not feel remorse about killing the Arab, and this connects to the…