Comparison/Contrast of Meursault and Oedipus Title: Same Differences

<Tab/>The Stranger and Oedipus the King are two literary works that were written approximately thousand years apart by different authors living in different time periods. The Stranger was written by Albert Camus who lived in post world war France. Oedipus was written Sophocles who lived in ancient Greek: although they were written by different authors of different background, time, and location. One could nevertheless find similar traits among the two main characters Oedipus and Meursault in the two works.
Like Oedipus, Meursault is a tragic hero. Unlike Oedipus, who has the…