Existentialism In No Exit Essay

The conception of Heaven and Hell is meant to provide a means of justice in the afterlife, C.S. Lewis has a different view than the traditional idea on what that may look like. In “The Great Divorce”, Lewis defends that God is just by writing about a just version of Heaven and Hell. First, I summarize a general image of the traditional Christian idea of Heaven and Hell and explain the issues that come with it. Next, I offer C.S. Lewis’s counter position on Heaven and Hell. Lastly, I assess Lewis’s conception, arguing that it does not escape the justice issue of the traditional image of the afterlife.

6. In lines 75–88, Edwards presents imagery and figurative language to describe the eternal nature of hell. Which part of this description do you find most effectively persuasive, and why?

“You think you can believe in heaven if you don’t believe in hell?” –page 91

help Nelson, and Father can go straight to hell (pg.358).” Wow, Leah really condemned her

Namely, hell is a place where the inhabitants suffer inconceivable torment for all eternity. The Bible plainly argues this, and to believe that the Bible does otherwise will require improper hermeneutics. One of the prime examples that reveal the severity of hell is Calvary: Jesus died a severe death to save humanity from a severe torment. Additionally, a loving God does not reject the idea of hell since He is just in punishing the infinite crime of

Throughout “No Exit”, Inez says she “knows” everything about hell and what her experience there will be like. However, she continues to prove herself wrong, like when she tells Garcin and Estelle that they’re “going to burn”, but later discovers that the torture in this hell is mental, not physical. In this passage, she further shows her misunderstanding of hell, when she says she wishes to choose her hell. This line is ironic, as a hell that each person got to choose would contradict the definition of hell! Hell is the most painful and intense experience imaginable. If someone chose what happened to them, the experience would no longer be the most painful suffering possible. When Inez says that she would prefer to choose her hell, she prompts readers and audiences to think about the existential issue of existence versus essence. Existentialists like Sartre (and Inez) believe people are born without any predetermined destiny and that someone’s life is his or hers to

Her two wrong doings in loving another woman and making people suffer leading her in hell as her consequence which makes it existentialism. Although Inez loves Estelle she doesn’t love her back. Estelle wants Garcin to be attracted to her but he isn't. This makes other people hell because other people make you suffer.

Most people of this time are god fearing people and the church says that if you commit suicide you will go to hell. The old woman was an illegitimate daughter to the pope so she was already destined to go to hell in the eyes of most. She says she has met twelve that voluntarily ended their misery and that if they ask anyone aboard the ship if they haven’t felt like the most miserable person in the world they could throw her overboard.

She seems a wise person and her ideas are very complex to understand because she wants to force with the nature of life just because she has philosophical knowledge. Her attitude makes her to look kind of ignorant over the concept she is discussing applying her abilities which makes no difference on the main issue she is going through. I say that she is kind of ignorant because she is a person that has study thoughts of individuals, is a teacher, and had read many books in life and she is getting crazy in how to figure out how to escape from reality of life which is death. In my opinion, in the situation she is she should be more conscious and focus more in religion as Miller was trying to say in the beginning of the reading, instead of over thinking about how her soul can be transferred or imputed into stuff from earth. In addition, in the section of the second night there is textual evidence that shows her worry over her death and now she seems more attached to God’s thoughts. This is shown on the dialogue when she says “No I'm still quite unconvinced. The problem I see is this. God could create one person in Heaven, and by designing her after me make her me, why could he not make two such bodies, and cause this transfer of information into both of them.” Here she seems so worried about continuing to exist and her overthinking goes

He is in hell “because I treated my wife abominably”(J.Sartre). Garcin had no respect for his wife because he saved her from the gutter, he thought he could treat he with no respect. He especially had no respect for his marriage. Garcin would bring home different girls and in the morning, “as I and the girl stayed in bed late, she (his wife) served us our morning coffee”(J.Sartre). This sin is beyond low, and is the reason he is in hell. Garcin’s first desire it to hide from his fate in hell, he says, “I'd rather be alone. I want to think things out, you know; to set my life in order, and one does that better by oneself”(J.Sartre). Garcin believes that silence and not talking about the situation with others is the solution to their problems. However, this idea does not succeed because the women like to talk. His second desire is for Inez to believe in him, and to gain her appreciation. What dominates Garcin throughout the play, is his desire for Inez to believe that he is not a coward. Garcin states, The, “only thing I wish for now, (is that) you'll have faith in me I'm saved”(J.Sartre). His need for Inez’s presence and thoughts is what ultimately stops him from walk through the open

The opinions of others have a great influence on one’s self image. Whether it be the opinions of family, friends, or even strangers, one often forms their own identity using how others perceive them. This outside input can obstruct one’s ability to determine one’s true personality, and result in one depending only on the views of others to compose their identity. In the play No Exit, the characters Estelle, Garcin, and Inez are condemned to spend eternity together in Hell, which is portrayed as a room with no way to leave and no mirrors to see oneself. Jean-Paul Sartre utilizes sight and vision motifs to represent Garcin and Estelle’s desires to define their own identities using the opinions of others; these characters contrast Inez, who chooses

You, young lady, you shall begin. Why? Tell us why.” As they take turns coming out with the sinful deeds they think damned them to Hell, the disgusted reactions of the other two listening to them is what coaxes them into argument out of self defense. If these three hadn’t been so compelled to unearth the faults of others instead of facing their own, they might have enjoyed each other’s company rather than go as far to say, “Hell is— other people!”

What is Hell? Hell to some people is the state of self-exclusion from communion with God; to other could be an exaggerated expression of a tough moment; but to the previous me, Hell is: standing on the sidelines watching my teammates work hard on the field down by five goals, sitting in a wheelchair attempting to stand up for the first time in two month, lying on the surgery table waiting for the anesthetic to kick in knowing my knees will be cut open. The previous me knows nothing but to panic and blame; it was not until going through the stages of suffering did I know that there is an reversed side towards Hell called “appreciation, acceptance, and forgiveness.”

He was also very mean and rude to his wife. Inez was living with her cousin and his wife, Florence. She was responsible for turning her cousin’s wife against her own husband so she could be with Florence. Estelle had an affair in which she got pregnant. Estelle didn’t want this baby, so she drowned the baby when it was born. Rodger, the young kis she had an affair with killed himself after he watched Estelle drown their child. They were all brought here to torture each other. Garcin is torturing Estelle. Estelle tortures Inez, and Inez tortures Garcin. Estelle wants Garcin to love her but he doesn’t want to. Inez is attracted to Estelle and Estelle doesn’t feel the same way. Garcin doesn’t want to be known as a coward for trying to flee his country during the war, he wants to be known as a hero. He feels like he only needs approval from Inez. Since Garcin is only focused on Inez and not Estelle, she becomes angry. Estelle tries to kill Inez by stabbing her but it doesn’t work because she is already dead. Garcin comes to the conclusion that hell is other people. By this he means that since these people who are torturing are creating his personal

Jackie’s reaction to Mrs. Ryan’s teachings demonstrates that fear is not the best method for obtaining the truth. In her lessons, Mrs. Ryan implies that one will burn “all over in roasting hot furnaces for all eternity” (264), she also emphasizes, that it will not be “a drop in the ocean of [their] sufferings” (264). With these words, Mrs. Ryan attempts to warn her students about the danger of confessing an untruthful sin. Though her words are harsh and suggest that there is no mercy for those who lie in the house of God, they come from a place of compassion. She is silently informing Jackie and his classmates that no one would care if they were suffering; if they commit one of the greatest sins possible for a Christian. Her comment that burning