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Research Paper | English Language and Literature | Bangladesh | Volume 11 Issue 5, May 2022

The Dismantling Perception toward Mersault in Albert Camus's The Stranger

Prasenjit Kumar Ghosh | Md. Shamsul Kabir

Abstract: Every human being born becomes a part of a society by following certain system of it. Society has specified ideologies through which every individual are thought to view the world. Those who follow are considered as normal but those who are not will be tagged as stranger. So, the question is how far we are independent in expressing thoughts, actions and speeches in so called an independent world. In The Stranger, Albert Camus exhibits the characteristics of an existential individual through the actions of Meursault. Meursault does not obey the societal ideologies, for which the community isolates him. Society considers him a threat to their very existence and tries to get rid of him in every way. Society wears a mask and judges every move Meursault makes as he does not act like one of them. This paper will focus on the judgment based on the societal stereotype over an individual characteristic in revealing the real truth. It will examine whether Meursault is an unconventional character or the external force makes him one like that.

Keywords: Alienation, conventional, existentialism, ideology, society, stereotype

Edition: Volume 11 Issue 5, May 2022,

Pages: 1379 - 1382