The Myth Of sysiphus
“Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.”- Albert Camus So what exactly is the myth of Sisyphus? The original myth is greek folklore which follows the story of Sisyphus, the king of ephyra who cheated death twice. He was then condemned by the gods to spend eternity in hell pushing a boulder up a steep hill only for it to roll down just as it reaches the top. To most people, this would seem like torment but with a dramatic twist of perception, Albus Camus says that one must try to imagine Sisyphus happy. Here Camus tries to portray a different, more "out there" perspective of the same in his book "The Myth of Sisyphus." He uses the myth as a metaphor for the individual's persistent struggle against the essential absurdity of life. He asks questions such as - Is life really as futile as...