Scholarly Writing

Question 1

The Myth of Sisyphus

Answer 1

Albert Camus, 1942. Argues that life is essentially meaningless, although humans continue to try to impose order on existence and to look for answers to unanswerable questions. It uses the Greek legend of Sisyphus, who is condemned by the gods for eternity to repeatedly roll a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down again once he got it to the top, as a metaphor for the individual’s persistent struggle against the essential absurdity of life.

Question 2

Albert Camus, 1942. Argues that life is essentially meaningless, although humans continue to try to impose order on existence and to look for answers to unanswerable questions. It uses the Greek legend of Sisyphus, who is condemned by the gods for eternity to repeatedly roll a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down again once he got it to the top, as a metaphor for the individual’s persistent struggle against the essential absurdity of life.

Answer 2

The Myth of Sisyphus