Nov. 30, 2023
Response to "The Adulterous Woman" by Albert Camus
In "The Adulterous Woman" by Albert Camus, a childless and passionless married couple, Janine and Marcel, are on a business trip through the wintry Algeria desert. Plagued by the tedium and meaninglessness of her marriage, Janine feels no attraction to Marcel and longs for an escape from her marriage. When they climb up to the terrace around a fort, the expansive desert before Jannie fills her with wonder and affliction. At night, unnoticed by her husband, she slips outside the hotel and runs toward the fort alone. She feels at one with the vast expanse of night, momentarily liberated from the mundaneness of her marriage. In the end, however, she returns to the hotel in tears and lies to her husband that nothing has happened. By focusing on Janine's desperate, futile search for the meaning of life, the story highlights the impossibility of seeking existential purpose and meaning in the external world when the emptiness comes from within.
Throughout the trip, Janine is captivated by the liveliness and majesty of nature around her. When she gets off the bus and sees the palm trees of the oasis, she feels that "she would have liked to go toward them." The nameless longing intensifies as she enters the hotel room. ''She was waiting, but she didn’t know for what. She was aware only of her solitude.'' Oblivious to the incessant clamor of the street and Marcel’s vocal outbursts outside, she mishears the sound of wind in the palm grove as the sound of the river, which symbolizes vitality and youthful exuberance. When she beholds the immenseness of the desert at the fort, the realization that "there is awaiting her something of which, though it had always been lacking" tears her apart between anguish and ecstasy. As beautiful and dizzying its course is, she knows that the land before her will eternally be part of the external world, that "it would never be hers, never again, except in this fleeting moment." She vaguely knows that "the meaning of it needs to be deciphered," yet she is at a loss as to how. Her nighttime escape brings the final deliverance. Falling on her back beneath the vast reaches of the dry, cold night at the fort, she forgets "years of mad, aimless fleeing from fear" and "the long anguish of living and dying." The sparkling stars in the black sky are "falling one by one," and the water of night overflows her in "wave after wave," and each time she opens a little more to the night, until “the stationary progress" identifies her with the hidden core of her being.
Every time she is close to nature, she is relieved from her existential pain and solitude. Yet, no hope accompanies the transient liberation that the external world brings. After each reunion with nature, she returns to her humdrum marriage with utter forlornness, once again shrouded in the unbearable desolation of life. This is evident after her ''spiritual'' affair with the night sky; she returns to the hotel weeping copiously. She tells her husband, "It's nothing, dear, it's nothing." She knows there has been no solace. The gentle waters, the sea of erect and flexible palm trees, the limitless desert, as well as the cold night sky and the innumerable stars—none of them fill the void within her, soothe any remorse, or end her existential torment. It is the nihility of her own existence that consumes, overwhelms, and almost destroys her.
Response to "The Adulterous Woman" by Albert Camus
In “The Adulterous Woman" by Albert Camus, a childless and passionless married couple, Janine and Marcel, are on a business trip through the wintry Algerian desert.
In "The Adulterous Woman" by Albert Camus, a childless and passionless married couple, Janine and Marcel, are on a business trip through the wintry Algeria desert.
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Plagued by the tedium and meaninglessness of her marriage, Janine feels no attraction to Marcel and longs for an escape from her marriage.
Or "plagued by her tedious and meaningless marriage"
When they climb up to thea terrace around a fort, the expansive desert before Jannie fills her with wonder and affliction.
At night, unnoticed by her husband, she slips outside the hotel and runs toward the fort alone.
She feels at one with the vast expanse of night, momentarily liberated from the mundaneness of her marriage.
In the end, however, she returns to the hotel in tears and lies to her husband that nothing has happened.
By focusing on Janine's desperate, futile search for the meaning of life, the story highlights the impossibility of seeking existential purpose and meaning in the external world when the emptiness comes from within.
Throughout the trip, Janine is captivated by the liveliness and majesty of nature around her.
When she gets off the bus and sees the palm trees of the oasis, she feels that "she would have liked to go toward them."
The nameless longing intensifies as she enters the hotel room.
''She was waiting, but she didn’t know for what.
She was aware only of her solitude.''
Oblivious to the incessant clamor of the street and Marcel’s vocal outbursts outside, she mishears the sound of wind in the palm grove as the sound of the river, which symbolizes vitality and youthful exuberance.
When she beholds the immenseness of the desert at the fort, the realization that "there is awaiting her something of which, though it had always been lacking" tears her apart between anguish and ecstasy.
As beautiful and dizzying as its course is, she knows that the land before her will eternally be part of the external world, that "it would never be hers, never again, except in this fleeting moment."
She vaguely knows that "the meaning of it needs to be deciphered," yet she is at a loss as to how.
Her nighttime escape brings the final deliverance.
Falling on her back beneath the vast reaches of the dry, cold night at the fort, she forgets "years of mad, aimless fleeing from fear" and "the long anguish of living and dying."
The sparkling stars in the black sky are "falling one by one," and the water of night overflows her in "wave after wave," and each time she opens a little more to the night, until “the stationary progress" identifies her with the hidden core of her being.
Every time she is close to nature, she is relieved from her existential pain and solitude.
Yet, no hope accompanies the transient liberation that the external world brings.
After each reunion with nature, she returns to her humdrum marriage with utter forlornness, once again shrouded in the unbearable desolation of life.
This is evident after her ''spiritual'' affair with the night sky; she returns to the hotel weeping copiously.
She tells her husband, "It's nothing, dear, it's nothing."
She knows there has been no solace.
The gentle waters, the sea of erect and flexible palm trees, the limitless desert, as well as the cold night sky and the innumerable stars—none of them fill the void within her, soothe any remorse, or end her existential torment.
It is the nihility of her own existence that consumes, overwhelms, and almost destroys her.
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Response to "The Adulterous Woman" by Albert Camus This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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In “The Adulterous Woman" by Albert Camus, a childless and passionless married couple, Janine and Marcel, are on a business trip through the wintry Algeria desert. In “The Adulterous Woman" by Albert Camus, a childless and passionless married couple, Janine and Marcel, are on a business trip through the wintry Algerian desert. |
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Plagued by the tedium and meaninglessness of her marriage, Janine feels no attraction to Marcel and longs for an escape from her marriage. Plagued by the tedium and meaninglessness of her marriage, Janine feels no attraction to Marcel and longs for an escape from her marriage. Or "plagued by her tedious and meaningless marriage" |
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When they climb up to the terrace around a fort, the expansive desert before Jannie fills her with wonder and affliction. When they climb up to |
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At night, unnoticed by her husband, she slips outside the hotel and runs toward the fort alone. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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She feels at one with the vast expanse of night, momentarily liberated from the mundaneness of her marriage. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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In the end, however, she returns to the hotel in tears and lies to her husband that nothing has happened. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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By focusing on Janine's desperate, futile search for the meaning of life, the story highlights the impossibility of seeking existential purpose and meaning in the external world when the emptiness comes from within. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Throughout the trip, Janine is captivated by the liveliness and majesty of nature around her. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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When she gets off the bus and sees the palm trees of the oasis, she feels that "she would have liked to go toward them." This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The nameless longing intensifies as she enters the hotel room. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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''She was waiting, but she didn’t know for what. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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She was aware only of her solitude.'' This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Oblivious to the incessant clamor of the street and Marcel’s vocal outbursts outside, she mishears the sound of wind in the palm grove as the sound of the river, which symbolizes vitality and youthful exuberance. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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When she beholds the immenseness of the desert at the fort, the realization that "there is awaiting her something of which, though it had always been lacking" tears her apart between anguish and ecstasy. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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As beautiful and dizzying its course is, she knows that the land before her will eternally be part of the external world, that "it would never be hers, never again, except in this fleeting moment." As beautiful and dizzying as its course is, she knows that the land before her will eternally be part of the external world, that "it would never be hers, never again, except in this fleeting moment." |
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She vaguely knows that "the meaning of it needs to be deciphered," yet she is at a loss as to how. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Her nighttime escape brings the final deliverance. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Falling on her back beneath the vast reaches of the dry, cold night at the fort, she forgets "years of mad, aimless fleeing from fear" and "the long anguish of living and dying." This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The sparkling stars in the black sky are "falling one by one," and the water of night overflows her in "wave after wave," and each time she opens a little more to the night, until “the stationary progress" identifies her with the hidden core of her being. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Every time she is close to nature, she is relieved from her existential pain and solitude. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Yet, no hope accompanies the transient liberation that the external world brings. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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After each reunion with nature, she returns to her humdrum marriage with utter forlornness, once again shrouded in the unbearable desolation of life. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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This is evident after her ''spiritual'' affair with the night sky; she returns to the hotel weeping copiously. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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She tells her husband, "It's nothing, dear, it's nothing." This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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She knows there has been no solace. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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The gentle waters, the sea of erect and flexible palm trees, the limitless desert, as well as the cold night sky and the innumerable stars—none of them fill the void within her, soothe any remorse, or end her existential torment. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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It is the nihility of her own existence that consumes, overwhelms, and almost destroys her. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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In "The Adulterous Woman" by Albert Camus, a childless and passionless married couple, Janine and Marcel, are on a business trip through the wintry Algeria desert.
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