The "heart" of Man

             
               After reading the play "Caligula" , I noticed that Albert Camus demonstrates Caligulas heart as one that has infinite desires, most of these desires being seen as impossible by the common person or by the patricians in the play. In the play Caligula expresses to Helicon that he had been gone for many days because he was searching for the moon. Through just this statement Camus illustrates Caligula as a human person searching for those impossible desires. But in actuality reality can only answer those desires tends to come short because it is unable to fulfill the impractical. Caligula begins to understand his journey when he starts to notice that the way life is being lived around him is boring and very one-dimensional. Those in power seem to view Caligula in a very immature and adolescent light.  They seem to believe that his state of mind is very  limited and he is unable to bounce back from tragedy. In the beginning of the play one of the patricians state how at Caligula's age its ultimately impossible to be an artistic emperor. As far as my own viewpoint on the issue I do not agree with those who are in power. I believe that the fact that Caligula can admit that the world around him is limited and not fulfilling is extremely brave and because he can come to terms with his desires I believe that he has more insight on life than the patricians and those in power because of how seriously he takes the question of reality.