What would your Hell be like? Devils, flames, deep red and hot? No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre shows exactly what his metaphorical hell would be like. It combines the philosophies of existentialism with dramatic irony to create a Hell in the eyes of Sartre. In this work he places three characters in Hell where they are doomed to spend eternity together, each as the others torturer. Through the twisted story of these three people, Sartre’…showed first 75 words of 923 total…

…showed last 75 words of 923 total…a play that best portrays Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential philosophies. Situated in Sartre’s metaphorical hell, his existential points make up the plotline for No Exit. The three characters in No Exit each provide an existential look into the life of someone who has not lived authentically, or chosen to accept consequences of his decisions. The characters provide a twisted relationship of torture and irony in which the existential views of Jean-Paul Sartre are shown.