L'etranger Charactes
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?- Created by: Eleanor
- Created on: 08-04-14 19:43
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- L'etranger Characters and Themes
- Meursault
- Unusual
- Rejects Job promotion/Not interested in marriage
- Lack of emotion at mothers funeral
- Does not cry
- Unusual because most people would act oppositely to how Meursault reacts
- Does not know when she died
- Unusual because most people would act oppositely to how Meursault reacts
- Does not know when she died
- What kind of mother:child relationship did they have?
- Against typical mother:child relationship
- Does not cry
- Attitude towards death
- When you're gone, you're gone
- Doesn't judge
- Happy to spend time with other people as long as they don't bother him
- Accidentally makes friends and doesn't actively maintain friendships
- Society
- Unusual because most people would act oppositely to how Meursault reacts
- Unusual because most people would act oppositely to how Meursault reacts
- Happy to spend time with other people as long as they don't bother him
- Interaction with others
- Minimalist
- Does not talk unless he needs to
- Soldier
- Very blunt, no explanations
- Honesty
- Marie
- Black armband - "Mother died yesterday"
- "Do you love me?" - "I don't think it means anything but no"
- Marie
- Can't walk up steps to beach house because he does not want to explain to the women whats happened on the beach - leads to murder
- Doesn't help old man at funeral
- Too hot and tired to be bothered
- Minimalist
- Natural World
- Positive
- Beautiful
- Notices but doesn't spend loads of time describing
- Happy
- Swimming
- Beautiful
- Negative
- Sharp, painful, threatening
- Can't deal with natural world, he has no control
- Higher force controls him not God
- Religion
- When you're gone, you're gone
- Religion
- Positive
- Unusual
- Marie
- Independant
- Too busy to see Meursault on one occasion
- Job
- Sleeping with Meursault
- Doesn't care what others think of her
- Stays with Meursault after he is convicted
- Doesn't care what others think of her
- Happiness
- Laughter
- Positive
- Natural World
- swimming
- active
- sunbathing (bronzed skin)
- Laughter
- Loyalty
- Stays with Meursault after he is convicted
- "Do you love me?"
- Just curious
- Convential
- Doesn't come across as nagging - laughing the next minute
- Stops writing to Meursault - moves on
- Independant
- Raymond
- Society
- Wants everyone to like him
- Searches for others approval
- Asks Meursault if they are friends
- Can't relax in the company of others
- Wears presentable clothing
- Asks Meursault to write the letter as he doesn't want to appear stupid
- Wants everyone to like him
- Honesty
- Uses lies to help himself
- Lies about his occupation
- Uses lies to help himself
- Violence
- Persuading people to do what he wants
- Looks for a fight
- Wants to approach the Arabs on the beach even though he knows a fight is inevitable
- The gun that Meursault uses to kill the Arab is Raymonds
- Respect for women
- Assults his mistress
- Tries to flirt with Marie - makes her feel unconfortable
- Society
- Salamano
- Lost someone close to him
- Wife - replaced by his dog - his only companion
- Treats his dog cruelly - violent, abusive
- Loss of his dog - upset, rocks himself to sleep, lost his only friend
- Contrasts with Meursaults grief after the death of his mother
- Wife - replaced by his dog - his only companion
- Shy in approaching Meursault
- Doesn't want to disturb him
- Appears very vulnerable
- In court he talks of Meursaults kindness to his dog
- Physical similarities to his dog
- Skin condition
- Age
- Hair
- Lost someone close to him
- Meursault
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