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- W2189210980 abstract "Aliens and existential elevators: absurdity and its shadows in Douglas Adams's series According to twentieth-century existentialist philosophy, the uni- verse as we know it is steeped in senselessness, and the only possible means of survival is the construction of subjective meaning. Douglas Adams's fictional universe portrayed in his Hitch hiker series reflects the arbitrary nature of existence, and the characters dwelling in this narrative space are faced with two existential choices: the one is defiance in the face of senselessness, the other is bleak despair. This article explores the existential choices made by prominent characters in the Hitch hiker series. The article distinguishes between and ana- lyses the Sisyphus characters and their polar opposites (or nihilist shadows) in Douglas Adams's Hitch hiker series. Adams's characters, be they human, alien or sentient machine, all face the same existential choice: actuate individual meaning, or resort to despondency. Characters who choose the first option are regarded as Sisyphus figures, whereas characters who choose the latter are referred to as shadows or nihilist nemeses." @default.
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