- A list of all the characters in The Stranger. The The Stranger characters covered include: Meursault, Marie Cardona, Raymond Sintes, Meursault’s Mother, The Chaplain, Thomas Perez, The Examining Magistrate, The Caretaker, The Director, Celeste, Masson, The Prosecutor, Salamano, The Arab.
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Meursault - The protagonist and narrator of The Stranger, to whom the novel’s title refers. Meursault is a detached figure who views and describes much of what occurs around him from a removed position. He is emotionally indifferent to others, even to his mother and his lover, Marie. He also refuses to adhere to the accepted moral order of society. After Meursault kills a man, “the Arab,” for no apparent reason, he is put on trial.
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The Stranger Major Characters. Monsieur Meursault: Meursault, the central character in the novel, is a young Frenchman, who commits murder and contemplates life while on trial.
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