During the beginning of the novel, Meursault goes to his neighbor Raymond’s house. The visit results into a physical fight due to insults made towards Meursault. Relating to aspects on violence, this scene was made to show simple
After the ghost apparition, he's forced to go outside of his pragmatic views only to discover himself in seclusion and derangement. Without Horatio, who has never seen the ghost, Hamlet finds himself constantly contemplating how he should proceed. As an intellect, Hamlet naturally responds with rational deductions. He declares out loud to himself “O, what a rogue and peasant slave am! It is not monstrous that this player here, but in a fiction, and a passion, the forces so so to his own conceit.”
Meursault is not an emotional person. Meursault often seems not to react to major events that happen to him. For example when his mom dies, he says, “Really, nothing had changed”(24). There is an obvious emotional disconnect. Either he was not close to his mother or her death had little to no effect on him.
Neurotic traits such as anxiety, stress, and emotional instability describe habitual criminals as well (Kumari et al., 2017); however, Meursault does not fit these descriptions. An example of Meursault acting differently from these descriptions is his reaction to his mother’s death. During Meursault’s trial, the warden of his mother’s care home was called as a witness. He stated that Meursault “hadn’t wanted to see Mother’s body, or shed a single tear, and that [he’d] left immediately the funeral ended, without lingering at her grave” (Camus, 1989). Meursault’s calmness to such a tragic event shows that he does not feel anxiety, stress, or even the slightest emotional instability.
For instance, he wasn’t sure if the ghost was telling the truth so he modifies the play, The Murder of Gonzago, to resemble the murder of his father. While the actors are performing the play, he will watch Claudius’ reactions to see if he truly is guilty. He also asks Horatio to watch Claudius to have a second opinion because Hamlet’s judgment may be bias. He says, “The play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King” (II, 2, 60). Another scene in the play where Hamlet thinks logically before lashing out is when he sees Claudius praying and is completely vulnerable, but restrains from killing him.
Through the use of diction, Meursault perceives life is meaningless, which leads him to have the absence of strong bonding with acquaintance around him. He indicates that he lacks empathy from personal and social level. Meursault is a simple man who lives his life in a stickler type and changes annoy him. As the novel introduces Meursault mother being dead, he shows lack of concern and a burden to visit his mother for the last time. “Maman died today...
The question of whether or not Hamlet was insane is of a never-ending debate. Was he always crazy? Was he always faking it? Or was he somewhere in between? In this paper I will share three different views and provide my own interpretation of Hamlet’s sanity.
In his first soliloquy, he expresses his intense grief and inner conflict of wanting to commit suicide but not wanting to be punished by God. From this the audience can infer one of Hamlet’s fatal flaws; he is indecisive. He is constantly searching for certainty, since he is unable to make decisions without it. Although Hamlet is wary of the story given to the public to explain the King’s sudden death, it is not until the ghost confirms his suspicions and he uncovers the truth that he vows to “Remember thee!”. He suspects foul play was involved, yet he never acts on this uncertainty until certainty is provided for him.
Hamlet became conflicted after meeting with the ghost. He didn’t know whether to believe his words to be true or not. He had the devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. The ghost could really be his father telling the truth of a demon trying to trick him. Maybe the ghost truly is real, after all, everything the ghost said did prove to be true.
The pain that he is experiencing due to his father’s death and his mother’s dalliances can only be resisted by his faith and his belief in better and worse. Hamlet fears a damnation to Hell, and hopes for an easy passage to heaven, yet in a situation that many find hopeless, it is through his faith in God that Hamlet is able to resist the temptations of death. Throughout the play, Shakespeare emphasizes this intense faith that Hamlet possess and how it is a guiding force in many of his choices. Yet lack of faith can be even more telling. “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below;/ Words without thoughts never to heaven go” (Shakespeare,
Hamlets tragic flaw is his indecisiveness to make decisions. This trait is demonstrated through the entire play and causes Hamlet to his own demise. When Hamlet has immediate suspicious of his fathers murder and later proof, he delays the murder, which is puzzling because the play is about revenge, and one would expect him to have done it earlier as he had ample amount of opportunities to do so. His indecisiveness has puzzled many.
Meursault also strays from the morals society has imposed; he does not see a difference between bad and good; he merely observes without judging. However, when Meursault kills an Arab, he is brutally judged for the aspects that make him unique. In the second part of the novel, as the trial
All of them played a specific role in determining Hamlet’s faith. There are multiple scenarios where Hamlet falls into deciding what appears to be true and what is actually true. Hamlet fights within himself to perceive the reality of his situations. Hamlet has a desire to see through many appearances to reality, which ultimately heightens conflict within the play. There is a constant state of wonder throughout the play Hamlet.
It can be argued that Hamlet's choice to wait, coming from "the consciousness of
He said it was impossible; all men believed in God, even those who turned their backs on him.” (Camus 69). Meursault follows his own belief system rather than conforming to that of society. He does as he pleases without any thought of the laws in place. Coinciding with this, in the play Hamlet, Hamlet’s life is planned out for him from the day he was born.
