This term comes from a French philosopher called Jean Paul Sartre. ... Sartre wrote "No Exit" where he portrayed his philosophy negatively. ... It's ironic that when in hell the three of them are no longer in control. ... Jean-Paul Sartre could this man really find joy in life? ... Maybe that for Sartre there was no escape, we as humans were eternally damned to suffer during our lifetime, and as well we would surely suffer after life. ...

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Sartre: An Existentialist Existentialism is a theory developed to portray the notion that there is no God. ... A well known existentialist, Jean Paul Sartre, is often referred to when this subject is brought about. ... Since there is no God, no creator, no one divine person, things come into the world undefined. ... Sartre feels as though there is no universal right or wrong, however, it is indeed wrong to avoid choosing. ... In the play "No exit," Sartre offers the reader an amusing story line, while at the same time he is simply portraying many of his themes through his characters. ...

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Jean-Paul Sartre described the meaning of his play No Exit as" Life is for the living if they exist authentically. ... So it's no surprise, being here"(25). ... No, I can't do without a looking glass forever and ever. ... "No humbug now. ... Sartre's point in this play was to be true to yourself. ...

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The setting of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot is much like Jean-Paul Sartre's portrait of an existential hell in the play No Exit, in that in both, torture is not physical pain, but the monotony and meaninglessness of waiting for nothing. ... After spewing insults at one another for no apparent reason, Estragon exclaims, "that's the idea, let's abuse each other"(85). ... Their lives in purgatory have no meaning; their actions and words have no effect on anything other than each other. ...

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