No Exit and Existentialis
Jean-Paul Sartre's portrayal of Hell in No Exit is fueled with dramatic
irony, implemented in order to amuse the reader. Sartre's illustration
of Hades is very psychological, and instead of Satan agonizing you,
three roommates take to the task. They each in turn irritate and
aggravate one another, thus making themselves hysterical, and thus
producing dramatic irony. In addition to a door that will not open,
and living in a windowless room, all three characters possess no
eyelids, and thus are unable to sleep. For relief, they conspire with
one or the other, but that merely plunges them further into the
inevitable distress of Hell. Throughout the play, the dramatic irony
that occurs between Inez, Estelle, and Garcin enriches the meaning and
effect of the play in a postive form, despite the psychological plot
evokes a disturbing, aggravating scenario-- which is in accordance to
the typical view of Hell. This eerie play is successful in creating a
positive perspective to the existentialism philosophy, and in addition
stirs up a scenario in which readers learn from such provocative
characters.
Moreover, it is weighty to realize that the lessons of existentialism--
such as the role of personal responsibility, the bleak position of
mankind in the universe, and the fact that being stuck with boorish
people is the worst punishment ever conceived-- are no longer
revelations. What was avant-garde a half-century ago has since been
digested and regurgitated by the mainstream. The existential theme of
the play may be pass to modern society, that one may not learn, or even
so much as benefit from it.
Firstly, Sartre's strong association with the existentialism philosophy
is exemplified in No Exit. It is a portrayal that life in Hell is just
the same as life on Earth, perhaps the only difference being that their
travesties are magnified. As the lives of Inez, Estelle, and Garcin
continue in Hell, their main torment is the one thing that they were
never able to achieve on Earth. So due to the consequences of their
actions, they eternally suffer in Hell. This presents a contrasting
view to one tenet of existentialism, something which Sartre was heavily
affiliated with. If there were no ill consequences, on what grounds
would people be sent to Hell? Or Heaven for that matter? This new
view brings to light the absurdity of life. What did Garcin do in
order to be sent to Hell for all eternity? He was just a coward who
claimed to be a Pacifist.
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...ards monstrous figures and sympathy towards those who seem to be tortured unjustly. In his perverse education, with instruction from Virgil and the shades, Dante learns to replace mercy with brutality, because sympathy in Hell condones sin and denies divine justice. The ancient philosopher Plato, present in the first level of Hell, argues in The Allegory of the Cave that truth is possible via knowledge of the Form of the Good. Similarly, Dante acquires truth through a gradual understanding of contrapasso and the recognition of divine justice in the afterlife. Ultimately, Dante recognizes that the actions of the earthly fresh are important because the soul lives on afterwards to face the ramifications. By expressing his ideas on morality and righteousness, Dante writes a work worth reading, immortalizes his name, and exalts the beliefs of his Christian audience.
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