Insanity In Albert Camus The Myth Of Sisyphus

Furthermore, when people believe life to be worthless, they start to question their existence leading to insanity. Albert Camus was someone who believed absurdity to be a sensation which had the ability to seize anyone. His belief trusted consciousness to be the key to absurdity. Camus wrote a short story called The Myth of Sisyphus, which told the story of a young man, Sisyphus, who received a severe punishment due to his committed crimes of murder, rape, and theft. “His scorn of the God, his hatred of death, and his passion for life won him that unspeakable penalty in which the whole being is exerted toward accomplishing nothing” (Camus). His penalty consisted of rolling the stone up the hill each time it rolled down, and doing that continuously

As assumed by the title, there are two men named Estragon and Vladimir, who are waiting for a man named Godot to come and meet them. They speak on various topics to distract themselves and even debate whether they are standing in the correct spot to meet him. Estragon captures his eyes on a location and says, “charming spot, let’s go.”, but Vladimir says they can’t, and Estragon asks why not, and Vladimir reminds him, “we are waiting for Godot” (Beckett 10). The confusion becomes part of their daily life, contemplating on every matter that comes their way. While waiting and waiting they came across a man and his slave, Pozzo and Lucky. They came and distracted Estragon and Vladimir for a while, but eventually left to go their own separate way. Estragon and Vladimir planned, wished, and tried their best to divert their attention from waiting to something more intriguing, no matter how absurd it may sound. “We are happy. So, what do we do now that we are happy?”, says Estragon (Beckett 39). Vladimir responds saying, “wait for Godot” (Beckett 39). They can’t find a meaning to the word contentment itself. No matter how much force they use to create a new atmosphere, they fail miserably each