solved ChooseTHREE of the four prompts to answer. You will only

ChooseTHREE of the four prompts to answer. You will only be graded on the first three you turn in. Your answers MUST be written in a single, coherent ESSAY format – you will lose points for answering with bullet points or broken up responses. There is no limit on how much (or how little) you can write for any of these prompts, but I’ve constructed them to be ideally completed in about ~600-1,000 words each. All tests are to be turned in via canvas under the assignment MIDTERM before the due date: July 7 @ midnight. I will NOT accept late work for the midterm. If you have questions about the midterm or are having trouble answering any of the questions, shoot me an email. I will be as responsive and helpful as I can be – use me as a resource to do well. (Hint: when constructing arguments, avoid making unfounded, or underdeveloped claims. Explain your inferences!)1. The StrangerThe Stranger is the first half of a project on ‘the absurd’ and supposed to offer the feeling of absurdity. As Sartre comments, there is also a factual state of ‘the absurd’ (hint: see lecture notes). Define ‘the absurd’ in your own words. As you do so, draw the distinction between the fact of absurdity and the feeling of absurdity. What is the difference between these two conceptions? Give one example of each. Meursault is an almost entirely indifferent character, and yet he murders an Arab on the beach under the hot Algerian sun. Explain why you think he committed the murder (be sure to incorporate your definition of the absurd in your explanation). Is Meursault guilty of the crime? Why or why not (?) – give an argument. In the final moments of the second half of the novel, Meursault “opens himself to the cool indifference of the world.” Do you think that if Meursault had experienced this ‘enlightenment’ moment at the beginning of the story, he would have acted any differently (e.g. whether he would have still shot the man on the beach)? Give an argument why you think the events of the novel would still have followed the same course, or otherwise what would have been different. Finally, do you think that The Stranger was successful in transmitting the feeling of the absurd? Why or why not?2. The Grand Inquisitor The preamble to The Grand Inquisitor poem is Ivan’s rejection of God in the preceding Rebellion chapter. Choose either Ivan’s argument against the Soul Making Theodicy or the Free Will Theodicy and describe it in your own words (hint: see the lecture handout). Be sure to adequately explain how Ivan draws his inferences from his premises. Do you think that the argument is successful – why or why not? Ivan says that he would ‘respectfully return his ticket’ – what does this mean in the context of rebellion against God & Suffering (hint: explain why Ivan thinks atonement is impossible)? The Grand Inquisitor’s purpose is to liberate people from their freedom through the workings of the church. Explain how he accomplishes this then give an argument why you think his mission is either righteous or evil – include descriptions of the three temptations and their relationship to freedom. The poem and chapter each conclude with an enigmatic kiss. Explain the significance of these moments. What do you think the kiss means?3. Fear & TremblingKierkegaard’s works are largely focused around one’s personal development through three succeeding stages of Being. Briefly describe these three stages of life. According to Kierkegaard, how does the Binding of Isaac story represent a contradiction between Abraham’s Ethical life and his Religious life (hint: murder vs sacrifice). This contradiction is characterized by anxiety – what does Kierkegaard mean by anxiety and what is the significance of anxiety in the story of Abraham’s life? What are the two movements of faith? Describe them each in detail, the explain how Abraham exemplifies these movements – be sure to discuss the relationship between a leap of faith and the absurd. What is the result of not taking a leap of faith and stopping after the first movement of faith (hint: resignation)? Compare and contrast Ivan (of The Grand Inquisitor) and Kierkegaard’s Knight of Faith. Who deals with the absurd & anxiety better? Give an argument why you think so. 4. NietzscheThe Madman exclaims to a town of cynics and unbelievers the death of God and is met with only silence. How is this passage related to nihilism and why do you think that the madman declares that “I have come too early” ? What are inverse cripples and how have they failed in the task of value creation? Define the eternal return in your own words. How does affirmation of the eternal return resolve the problem of nihilism? What is the twofold feeling and how is it related to the Nietzschean Educator? What is an artistic interpretation and how does it redeem (hint: see passages from The Gay Science in the lecture slides). In the lecture, I argued that through value creation, we can interpret certain educators’ lives as universally redeemable and affirmable through the eternal return. This experience inspires us to have the twofold feeling which in turn enables us to begin the lifelong process of YES saying to our own lives. The end goal of this inspiration is to create our own values under which our own lives can become universally affirmable under the eternal return. CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) give an objection to my argument – explain why you think I am wrong by constructing your own argument & interpretation of Nietzschean Educators … (2) choose an educator/hero/exemplar in your own life, create a value for them that artistically renders their life universally affirmable under the eternal return. If you choose (2) be descriptive about the value you create and give an argument why it renders your chosen hero’s life both redeemable and universally affirmable.