Meaning of Happiness in Camus’s a Happy Death
| dc.contributor.author | Shrestha, Prakash Chandra | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-21T04:37:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-23T04:34:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-21T04:37:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-07-23T04:34:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Albert camus’s novel A Happy Death portrays the meaning of happiness, freedom and death. The protagonist of the novel Patrice Mersault earns his fortune and kills the invalid Roland Zagreus for the sake of money. Zagreus, a cripple man is not able to live his life because life is too much for him so, he has written a note of his death wish. It is also Zagreus’ existential choice that only one of the two men lives his life to the fullest rather than both living unhappily. Death is the ultimate freedom of choice for Zagreus because he has already tasted his life perfectly. After killing Zagreus, Mersault leads a life of travel, hedonism and leisure but feels happiness escaping him. His health is uncertain but his wallet full. Through the analysis of various enegmatic situations of the protagonist throughout the novel, this thesis argues that Mersault’s failure to gain happiness is his inability to recognize that the true happiness emerges from within rather than from outside. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/3287 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Central Department of English Kirtipur, Kathmandu | en_US |
| dc.subject | English literature | en_US |
| dc.subject | English Novel | en_US |
| dc.subject | Freedom | en_US |
| dc.title | Meaning of Happiness in Camus’s a Happy Death | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |