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{{quote| ''"This bronze. Yes, now's the moment; I'm looking at this thing on the mantelpiece, and I understand that I'm in [[Hell]]. I tell you, everything's been thoughtout beforehand. They knew I'd stand at the fireplace stroking this thing of bronze, with all those eyes intent on me. Devouring me. What? Only two of you? I thought there were more; many more. So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. [[Fire and Brimstone Hell|You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the burning marl,]] [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions|Old wives' tales! There’s no need for red-hot pokers.]] [[It Was His Sled|HELL IS--OTHER PEOPLE!]]"''}}
A classic play by Jean-Paul Sartre that's highly popular in [[Useful Notes/Existentialism|Existentialism]], ''No Exit'' is an often darkly comic look at the [[Self
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=== Contains examples of: ===
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* [[Dead to Begin With]]: Our protagonists.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: Garcin deserted and met his end by firing squad.
* [["Everybody Laughs" Ending]]: A uniquely dark and disturbing example.
* [[Freudian Trio]]: Garcin is Ego, the mostly critical Ines eventually becomes the Superego (while acting like Id at first), and Estelle reveals herself to be Id.
* [[Hell Hotel]]: Arguably, this is the inversion (rather than an Earthly hotel being hellish, Hell is a rather normal Earthly hotel--on the surface anyway).
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* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Ines, it's never out right stated that she's a lesbian, but it's pretty clear she is, and she's plenty psycho.
* [[Sealed Room in The Middle of Nowhere]]: The play's setting. {{spoiler|As it turns out, it doesn't even ''have'' to be sealed.}}
* [[Self
* [[Triang Relations]]: Type 4, though describing it as a ''love'' triangle might be a bit too kind.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: The Play.
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