It is only after Hermes swiftly captures the newly freed man, does Sisyphus return to the land of the dead. He wishes to stay and so betrays Hades by refusing to return. He learns to love the trees, the cool oceans, and the feel of warm stone under his feet. It doesn't make sense, I know, but stick with me on this one.Īfter Sisyphus returns to the mortal world he quickly decides that he does not wish to return to the underworld.
The special place of Sisyphus in the lore of the Underworld, however, comes not from his ill treatment. It would seem that Sisyphus' wife is truly the tragic hero in this story, having followed her husband’s request she is promptly confronted with a newly resurrected Sisyphus who scolds her for only doing as he asked. In his time on Earth, Sisyphus killed, raped, and stole. The absurd is often mischaracterized as the simple idea that life is meaningless. Sisyphus is deeply troubled and (for reasons I don't understand personally) asks Hades to return him to the world of the living so that he might scold his wife. In The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus aims to draw out his definition of absurdism and, later in the book, consider what strategies are available to people in living with the absurd. Sisyphus is angered that his wife would choose strict obedience to his word, rather than devoted love to his memory and dignity. When Sisyphus dies he wakes up in the underworld only to find that his wife has indeed fulfilled his request. We will never find in life itself the meaning that we want to find. The one that Albert Camus seems to favor in his essay The Myth of Sisyphus , involves Sisyphus testing his wife's devotion and love as he nears death.Īccording to the story, Sisyphus asks his wife that, upon his death, she cast his unburied body into the town square. The central concern of The Myth of Sisyphus is what Camus calls 'the absurd.' Camus claims that there is a fundamental conflict between what we want from the universe (whether it be meaning, order, or reasons) and what we find in the universe (formless chaos). Sisyphus is famous for another reason he was one of the few. What did Sisyphus do to anger the gods? There are several different accounts. Sisyphus was a proud man who ruled the city of Corinth.
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