id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8346 The Myth of Sisyphus - Wikipedia .html text/html 2258 237 73 This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Absurdism lies in the juxtaposition between the fundamental human need to attribute meaning to life and the "unreasonable silence" of the universe in response.[1] Camus compares the absurdity of man's life with the situation of Sisyphus, a figure of Greek mythology who was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a mountain, only to see it roll down again. The work can be seen in relation to other absurdist works by Camus: the novel The Stranger (1942), the plays The Misunderstanding (1942) and Caligula (1944), and especially the essay The Rebel (1951). Chapter 4 of the essay The Myth of Sisyphus, by Albert Camus ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8346.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8346.txt