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Essay Archive - The Outsider: Meursault
The Outsider: Meursault
“Heroic but hardly admirable”, how accurate is this assessment of Meursault
When Meursault is described to us in the early stages of the novel we see
that he does not obey society's codes therefore is it fair for us to assess
him using societies interpretation of “heroic”?
If we are to judge him by them then we are given ample examples throughout
the novel of his having no compassion or even of his thinking of the
consequences of his actions, hardly heroic, but the converse is also
demonstrated in many places. An example of the former is when Raymond asks
Meur....
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