Essays on Existentialism

Vanilla Sky is a 2001 thriller loosely based on existentialism. This movie was inspired by the 1997 drama, Open Your Eyes. It was directed by Cameron Crowe, and stars Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, and Penelope Cruz, etc. The movie has several existential canons, and characters....

Existentialism is a frequent motif throughout Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. The author characterizes this motif and its characteristics through the unnamed protagonist life experiences and his relationships with society and thus its consequences. In the collection of essays “Shadow and Act” (1964), Ellison was already...

The sentiment of Europe post-WWII can most accurately be encompassed by the debates of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, French writers and intellectuals who defined the ideology of an era fraught with political instability, nuclear fear, and socioeconomic division. The horrors of WWII caused, for...

Existentialism is a philosophical study which emphasizes the existence of the individual as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will. Existentialism is a philosophical belief which focuses on existence. There are several examples which illustrate the presence of existentialism in the...

What is life? Is it worth it? Does my existence has more to bring? Is life worth its meaning or does it even have a meaning? The human person tends to earn for a living. He laughs, recreate, smile, every day of his life. He...

The movie “Groundhog Day” is a 1993 American fantasy comedy and romance film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Ramis and Danny Rubin. On February 1, self-centered and bitter TV meteorologist Phil Connors, news producer Rita, and cameraman Larry from Pittsburgh television station WPBH-TV9...

Existentialism and determinism are questions that makes humans think of their purpose in life, like what happens once they die? Why were they put in this world? At one point in life most people start to think of their purpose in life and how they...