Meursault

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Meursault is the emotionally detached, existentially indifferent protagonist of Albert Camus’s novel "The Stranger."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fictional character
Literary character
Protagonist
appearsIn L’Étranger NERFINISHED
The Stranger NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre Existentialist novel
appearsInLanguage French
associatedWithPhilosophy Absurdism NERFINISHED
Existentialism NERFINISHED
characterizedBy Alienation
Apathy
Atheism
Emotional detachment
Existential indifference
Honesty
Indifference to social norms
Lack of remorse
commits Murder
confronts Absurdity of existence
createdBy Albert Camus NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext The Stranger (1942 novel) NERFINISHED
gender Male
hasFamilyRelation Mother
hasNeighbor Raymond Sintès NERFINISHED
hasRelationshipWith Marie Cardona NERFINISHED
hasRole Narrator
Protagonist
isArrestedFor Murder
isSentencedTo Death
isTriedFor Murder
livesIn Algiers NERFINISHED
French Algeria NERFINISHED
methodOfExecution Guillotine NERFINISHED
motherLivesIn Marengo nursing home NERFINISHED
murderLocation Beach near Algiers
murderVictim Unnamed Arab NERFINISHED
nationalContext French colonial Algeria NERFINISHED
notableEvent Attends his mother’s funeral
Kills an unnamed Arab man
occupation Clerk
rejects Belief in God
Religious consolation
symbolizes Existential alienation
The absurd man
undergoes Existential awakening
weaponUsed Revolver NERFINISHED

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The Stranger mainCharacter Meursault