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Madame Bovary Considering
luxury as the essence of life, Madame Bovary faces an existential crisis
when she becomes unable to meet the luxuries out of loans as well as doesn’t
get a way to come out of the loan. This purposelessness in life leads her to take
the absurd action of committing suicide. |
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The Metamorphosis Samsa
puts more emphasis on his family than on her basic existential needs, be it
physical or psychological. He faces existential crisis twice as he turns into
some other animal losing the essence of humanity in his life, and as his
family throws him away at this metamorphosis taking away his sole purpose of
existence. |
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The Outsider Meursault’s
absurd beliefs are that life is meaningless and without purpose. He doesn’t believe
in the essences of life or the afterlife that society and religion attach to
humanity. He just aims at moving through whatever comes before him without
any moral or other types of reasons or responsibilities or expectations. All
his attempts and hardships just turn out to be totally absurd. |
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A Doll’s House Nora
understands her whole existence as Mrs. Helmer, a mother and wife,
vulnerable, and useless, only other than the single success in saving her
husband’s life. This image of her identity makes her think that her husband
is going to sacrifice to protect her. When just the opposite happens, she
faces extreme existential crisis and identity crisis. Her whole life, home,
and attempts turned absurd. |
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The Cherry Orchard The
aristocratic characters simply find their identity in their family’s past glory,
and so holding on to the state and the orchard becomes the sole purpose of
their existence. As a result, selling the orchard threatens their existence
and the meaning of life. Furs are the most affected character as he serves feudalism
at the expense of any personal achievement, and now the whole system cannot
simply leave him alone. Life without this service as an ultimate truth would
be absurd for him. |
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