Analysis of "No Exit", and Existentialism.
Title: Analysis of "No Exit", and Existentialism.
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 314 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Analysis of "No Exit", and Existentialism.
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 314 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
"No Exit's" central themes of freedom and responsibility come from Sartre's doctrine that existence precedes essence. Sartre believed that a being-for-itself differed from inanimate objects, or a being-in-itself, since humans have the ability to choose and define their individual characteristics. But with this freedom of choice comes the absolute responsibility for one's action. The fear and anxiety of this responsibility leads many people to ignore both their freedom and their responsibility by letting other people
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of their pasts, each looking at their friends and loved ones back on earth. They attempt to justify their existence by only thinking about their past experiences: as Garcin explains, his fate is the evaluation of his past actions by other people. Inez however, sees her past as meaningless and inaccessible, choosing to exist in the present instead. Inez is the only character in the play intent on confronting both her responsibility and her suffering.