Sisyphus Research Paper

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Sisyphus
In the myth of sisyphus, we learn of his eternal struggle and and punishment bestowed upon him by the gods of ancient greece. He is shown as having to push a rock continuously up a hill for all of eternity as his punishment for loving life to much. This is what the guys considered one of the most gruesome punishments known to man. it is said that it is only gruesome when we are conscious of what we are doing as sisyphus was while pushing the rock and accepting his eternal fate. In our life we go through struggles and punishment that we can relate personally to sisyphus’ hardships in the after life. The question of absurdity comes into play when we are conscious of our lives in constant question of the significance of us personally to the world as Sisyphus is consciousness of his punishment. …show more content…

it tells of someone growing up and forgetting all the fun in their life and trading their old friends for no ones that have to significance to them. this eternal struggle of growing up and getting old is a reality for everyone alive. most people fear death and their eventual fate of dying which includes growing old and losing those important to them and eventually becoming numb and unresponsive to the world they live in. on relation to the myth of sisyphus, “Sober Up” has a “rock” of growing up and getting old. We know that eventually we will get old and die, but still being conscious of this fate, we choose to live our lives as sisyphus choose to continue pushing his rock even though he knew that his fate was pushing the rock for all of

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