"No Exit" is a play by Jean-Paul Sartre, written in 1944. The play is set in a single room in hell, where three people are condemned to spend eternity together. The characters are Garcin, a journalist who was executed for cowardice during wartime, Inez, a manipulative lesbian postal worker who enjoys causing others pain, and Estelle, a vain and self-absorbed woman who cheated on her husband.
As the play progresses, the characters engage in a series of psychological games and power struggles, revealing their deepest fears and desires, and exposing the flaws and contradictions in their beliefs and values. The play is a powerful exploration of the human condition, and the ways in which we are defined by our relationships with others.
Through the characters' interactions, Sartre delves into fundamental questions about the nature of freedom, responsibility, and the search for meaning in a world without inherent purpose or value. The play is a profound and unsettling work of existential philosophy, and a classic of 20th-century literature.
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