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Caligula

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1944

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Essay Topics

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Consider Caligula’s perspective on life. Does the reality of death really strip all meaning from the moral dimensions of life? Defend your argument.

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Research the life of Albert Camus. Which character in the play do you think is most like Camus, and why?

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Caligula’s exercise of freedom affects everyone around him negatively. Is this always true when people try to exercise their personal freedom? Does freedom always come, as Caligula claims, at the expense of others?

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