The Plague

by

Albert Camus

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Raymond Rambert Character Analysis

A journalist from Paris who is trapped in Oran by the quarantine. Rambert desperately tries to escape the city and rejoin his wife in Paris, using both official and illegal means. He suffers many delays, and by the time he succeeds in securing an escape plan he decides to stay and help with the anti-plague effort.

Raymond Rambert Quotes in The Plague

The The Plague quotes below are all either spoken by Raymond Rambert or refer to Raymond Rambert. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 5 Quotes

And with his arms locked around her… he let his tears flow freely, unknowing if they rose from present joy or from sorrow too long repressed; aware only that they would prevent his making sure if the face buried in the hollow of his shoulder was the face of which he had dreamed so often or, instead, a stranger’s face. For the moment he wished to behave like all those others around him who believed, or made believe, that plague can come and go without changing anything in men’s hearts.

Related Characters: Raymond Rambert
Page Number: 295
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Raymond Rambert Quotes in The Plague

The The Plague quotes below are all either spoken by Raymond Rambert or refer to Raymond Rambert. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Absurdism Theme Icon
).
Part 5 Quotes

And with his arms locked around her… he let his tears flow freely, unknowing if they rose from present joy or from sorrow too long repressed; aware only that they would prevent his making sure if the face buried in the hollow of his shoulder was the face of which he had dreamed so often or, instead, a stranger’s face. For the moment he wished to behave like all those others around him who believed, or made believe, that plague can come and go without changing anything in men’s hearts.

Related Characters: Raymond Rambert
Page Number: 295
Explanation and Analysis: