This famous quote sums up the dark philosophy of existentialism. Schopenhauer, using this philosophy, believed that the universe was meaningless and irrational, and that his irrational life was full of choices that brought him into contact with the nothingness of the universe. Existentialism has no defined description because individuals create their own meaning by making sense of the world as it relates to the individual. Although individuals create their own meaning, several common themes are followed. These themes fit into the general idea that reality is absurd and that it is the responsibility of humans to make their own choices and accept the consequences of those choices in relation to the individual's experience. . Some of these universal themes appear as the moral effects of not being an existentialist in the writings of existentialists who have decided to share their own thoughts in books, songs, and films. In existential literature, three themes, fear and anxiety, alienation and estrangement, and choice and commitment, are most common and also embody the philosophy of existentialism. Fear and anxiety show the existentialist that their direction or choice is wrong at that moment. The first theme of existentialism is the experience of fear and anxiety as a result of making a choice and feeling that it was wrong. This theme encompasses many existentialist writings, such as The Yellow Wallpaper. In The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the main character, Jane, suffers from depression. Her husband takes her to a mansion outside the city to help her relax her mind. Entering her rooms for the summer, Jane felt anxiety at the sight of the wallpaper. Jane is confined to her room and her anxiety...... middle of paper ...... philosophies of society, especially in the poorer social classes, would solve some world problems and also create higher morale happy in society. Works citedCamus, Albert. “The Myth of Sisyphus”. Literature and language arts. Ed. Laurie Skiba. St. Paul: EMC Corporation, 2001. 1053-1056. Print.Camus, Albert. The Stranger. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1946. Print. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. “The yellow wallpaper.” Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories.Mineola: Dover, 1997. Print.Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis. Trans. Stanley Corngold. New York: Bantam Books, 1981.Print.The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Real. Stephen Chbosky. Perf. Logan Lerman, Johnny Simmons, Ezra Miller. Summit Entertainment, 2012. Movie. The Quotesome team. “100 Best Quotes on Existentialism: From Despair to Freedom.” Blog quote. Quotesome, July 6, 2013. Web. May 8 2014.