According to Camus\' \"The Mythof Sisyphus,\" why is Sisyphus an \"absurd hero\"

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According to Camus' "The Mythof Sisyphus," why is Sisyphus an "absurd hero"? What makes him heroic? How does his punishment from the gods reflect the existential view of the world and how does Sisyphus transcend the nature of the world through his thoughts and actions? According to Camus' "The Mythof Sisyphus," why is Sisyphus an "absurd hero"? What makes him heroic? How does his punishment from the gods reflect the existential view of the world and how does Sisyphus transcend the nature of the world through his thoughts and actions?

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Sisyphus was absurd hero because,he scorn of the god,his hatred of death and his passion for life won him unspeakble penalty in which his whole being is exerted towards accomplishing nothing.

His life and tournment are tourned to victory by concentrating on freedom and his refugal to hope makes him heroic.

Sisyphus earned the wrath of god while earning earthly wealth and happiness for himself and his people.Sisyphus is above his fate precisely because he has accepted it.

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