in camus "the myth of sisyphus" why is don juan the absurd hero?

Question

for my existentialism class i need to find out "why don juan is the absurd hero" in camu's book the myth of sisyphus.

Answer 1

I don't remember "Don Juan" being discussed in The Myth of Sisyphus, but it has been quite few years since I read the book. In any case, Sisyphus is an absurd character because he has been sentenced to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, only to see is roll back down again. In other words, endlessly struggling for a goal that can never be fully accomplished. In doing a quick internet seach, I did find this reference to Don Juan:

"In the following essays, Camus presents examples of the absurd person. We are given Don Juan, the actor, and the conqueror as examples of people who multiply their lives in an attempt to live fully within the span of their mortality."

So perhaps that will be of some help.

Answer 2

Camu Sisyphus

Answer 3

I thought the argument if you let a man marry a man, then next you can let a man marry an animal, or have marriages with more than two partners. The first one is bogus as an animal can't say give consent by saying "I do". The latter has been part of Muslim and Mormon tradition for generations, though it is outlawed in the Western nations today. However the fear and jealousy involved with a husband taking another, younger, prettier partner is a concern of many women. Finding a way to make it legal and accepted by perhaps a religious community is a therefore obviously a concern. It is really a manipulatively worded argument to make women associate gay marriages with a trend to allow bigamous marriages and thereby play on their insecurities.