The Last Four Shots: Problems of Intention and Camus' "The Stranger"

The relation of Albert Camus and Meursault, the central character in Camus' "The Stranger," to mother and country is discussed. The questions of why Mersault kills the Arab and why he fires four shots into an already lifeless body are explored.

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Ambivalence
Anger
Anonymous writers. Authors
Beaches
Camus, Albert (1913-1960)
Desire
France
French literature
French speaking and English speaking literatures
French speaking literatures
Funerals
History and sciences of litterature
History of literature
Killing
Literary criticism
Mothers
Murder
Narrators
Violence
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