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Arivne
Since: Jan, 2001
16th Dec, 2020 03:50:54 AM
The best place to ask if something (or someone) is an example of a trope (or YMMV, or similar item) is on the Is this an example? thread.
Edited by Arivne
In the YMMV page for book The Stranger by Albert Camus, Mersault is listed as a Designated Hero by citing that "Opinions differ whether Meursault is really a good person or not", while the prosecutor or the clergyman are Designated Villains when at least the prosecutor was demonizing Mersault because he barely mourned his mother or because he was an atheist as opposed to actually bringing up evidence about him killing the Arab man.
I don't think Camus wanted to make Mersault good or evil, since he looks more as an amoral, neutral character. For the prosecutor in his murder case, using someone's lack of crying over their mother's death or atheism is (rightfully) depicted as wrong in the book as far as I recall. The unsympathetic traits should disqualify the prosecutor from being a Designated Villain.