Caligula

1)      Camus demonstrates Caligula’s heart by his desire for the moon. The moon stands for complete happiness in this world which is impossible to get. His heart will never have complete happiness just how Caligula will never possess the moon. This implies that Caligula realizes that his desire is unlimited but has decided to try anyway.

2)      The politicians view Caligula as a boy that can’t get over things and takes things too serious. You can get this from how the first patrician says “it’s really going too far, setting all Rome in a turmoil because the girl has died.” I do not agree with their view because I think that Caligula sees the world much more clearly than they do and has learned to question things instead of leaving them the way they are. He has decided to strive for happiness when all they can do is simply ignore their grief like the way they forget that their loved ones have died.