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This engaging summary presents an analysis of No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre in which three people are condemned to spend eternity together in the same room as retribution for their sins. The play explores the questions of responsibility and freedom, and the human condition takes a whole new dimension as we discover that “hell is others”. Sartre was a renowned French existentialist philosopher and his works deal with important themes including morality and social assumptions. His novels and plays often provoked debates and controversy due to Sartre's strongly opinionated views, and many of these discussions rage on to this day.
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre in which three people are condemned to spend eternity together in the same room as retribution for their sins. The play explores the questions of responsibility and freedom, and the human condition takes a whole new dimension as we discover that “hell is others”. Sartre was a renowned French existentialist philosopher and his works deal with important themes including morality and social assumptions. His novels and plays often provoked debates and controversy due to Sartre's strongly opinionated views, and many of these discussions rage on to this day.
Find out everything you need to know about No Exit in a fraction of the time!
This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:
• A complete plot summary
• Character studies
• Key themes and symbols
• Questions for further reflection
Why choose BrightSummaries.com?
Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
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No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries
French philosopher & writer
Born in Paris in 1905
Died there in 1980
Notable works:
Nausea (1938), novel
No Exit (1944), play
Existentialism is a Humanism (1946), philosophical essay
Jean-Paul Sartre was a French writer and philosopher who was born in Paris in 1905 and died in 1980. Both celebrated and dismissed for his existentialist thinking, he wrote several essays, such as Being and Nothingness (1943) and Existentialism is a Humanism (1946). He also wrote numerous literary texts in which he strongly illustrated his philosophy and his definition of literature: Nausea, a novel published in 1943, The Flies, a play published in 1943, and No Exit, published in 1944. In 1964, he declined the Nobel Prize in Literature and published The Words, an autobiographical
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