Do you believe that Mersault was responsible for his actions and truly deserved to recieve the death sentence?
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I dont feel that mersault did anything wrong by killing the Arab because the Arab had put himself in that position. He deliberatly followed Mersault and his friends and started a fight with them. He even used a knife in the fight and could have killed someone. It wasnt like mersault went and killed some poor random guy lying on the beach.
Meursault is responsible for his own actions. Part of being an existentialist, you can live your own life, but you are responsible for your own actions. In the text, Meursault kills an Arab. Meursault had freedom and he killed someone and he needs to be fair and serve his punishment, which is the death penalty. By Meursault being an existentialist, Meursault needs to follow their guidelines and deal with his consequence on the death penalty.
I completely believe that Meursault is responsible for his actions. He is adult and intelligent enough to know the consequences of his actions. He is aware that he killed the Arab and therefore the law states that he deserves the death penalty. However, I believe that the way in which the court perceives the situation is unfortunate. He claims that he shot and killed the Arab because the sun was in his eyes, causing him to sweat. While this is an inadequate excuse, I do not believe he deserves the death penalty. The court does not take into account that the Arab did pull out his knife and raise it towards Meursault to initiate the conflict. Because Meursault does not make an effort to defend himself the court can only use the fact that he shot the Arab 4 additional times after the first to assume that Meursault’s purpose in going to the beach that was to kill the Arab.
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I dont feel that mersault did anything wrong by killing the Arab because the Arab had put himself in that position. He deliberatly followed Mersault and his friends and started a fight with them. He even used a knife in the fight and could have killed someone. It wasnt like mersault went and killed some poor random guy lying on the beach.
Meursault is responsible for his own actions. Part of being an existentialist, you can live your own life, but you are responsible for your own actions. In the text, Meursault kills an Arab. Meursault had freedom and he killed someone and he needs to be fair and serve his punishment, which is the death penalty. By Meursault being an existentialist, Meursault needs to follow their guidelines and deal with his consequence on the death penalty.
I completely believe that Meursault is responsible for his actions. He is adult and intelligent enough to know the consequences of his actions. He is aware that he killed the Arab and therefore the law states that he deserves the death penalty. However, I believe that the way in which the court perceives the situation is unfortunate. He claims that he shot and killed the Arab because the sun was in his eyes, causing him to sweat. While this is an inadequate excuse, I do not believe he deserves the death penalty. The court does not take into account that the Arab did pull out his knife and raise it towards Meursault to initiate the conflict. Because Meursault does not make an effort to defend himself the court can only use the fact that he shot the Arab 4 additional times after the first to assume that Meursault’s purpose in going to the beach that was to kill the Arab.
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