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Camus, Albert. The Stranger. New York, Random House, 1988.

Donne, John. Holy Sonnet 10. 1633

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Life goes on/spirit goes on

Rejects the idea of god and heaven

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" Asking me if I believed in god. I said no." (Camus 69)

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' One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die. (Donne 13-14)

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Both are aware of death and its flaws

Death is just another milestone that the soul goes through

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" Death, be not proud, though some have called thee, might and dreadful, for thou are not so;" (Donne 1-2)

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" Nothing, nothing mattered, and I knew why. So did he. Through the whole absurd life I'd lived, a dark wind had been rising toward me." (Camus 121)

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The actions in life dictate your death

Absurdism; we all die in the end so what's the point.

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" Then he asked if I wasn't interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn't dissatisfied with mine here at all." ( Camus 41)

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" Thou'art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, and dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell." (Donne 9-10)

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Written by Albert Camus

Camus's philosophy of absurdism and existentialism

Absurdism: Belief that humans live in a purposeless, chaotic universe

Existentialism:  A philosophical theory that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent

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Written by John Donne

Cleric in the Church of England

Considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets