Hey, so I'm just gonna list a few little things
that struck me about No Exit.
Themes:
•
Isolation - kind of a big one since Garcin, Inez,
and Estelle are all in a room together physically but are disconnected mentally
and idealistically.
•
Confinement - kind of goes along with the last
theme, the characters are in Hell, the ultimate prison, also they are mentally
confined by each other
•
Suffering - remember that the torture in No
Exit is unique, each person tortures one another
•
Existence - this is a big one, remember that there
are no mirrors in this Hell, they are unable to believe their own existence and
must rely on the other characters to make their consciousness credible (to
themselves)
Quotes:
GARCIN: Yes.
ESTELLE: I ask no more. (412-16)
GARCIN: I'll give you what I can. It doesn't
amount to much. I shan't love you; I know you too well.
ESTELLE: Do you want me, anyhow?
GARCIN: Inez, they've laid their snare damned cunningly – like a cobweb.
If you make any movement, if you raise your hand to fan yourself, Estelle and I
feel a little tug. Alone, none of us save himself or herself; we're linked
together inextricably. So you can take your choice. (351)
1 comment:
I think another important point about No Exit is that in it Hell mirrors life, and that their biggest torture was each other.
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