No Exit

by Jean-Paul Sartre

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What literary features are involved in Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit?

alinebeer

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Posted by alinebeer on August 4, 2010 at 8:18 PM and tagged with existentialism, features no exit, sartre, style

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mstultz72

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No Exit is a thinly-veiled philosophical play.  It relies most heavily on existential themes related to the absurdity of death and humanity's fear of freedom and choice.

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Posted by mstultz72 on August 4, 2010 at 8:31 PM

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I think that the exploration of character motivation is one of the most distinctive features about the play.  The previous post did a great job in evoking many of these in their post.  I would...

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Posted by akannan on August 4, 2010 at 9:54 PM

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Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit follows the classical rules of unity, action, and place.  As a one-act play, there is, of course, unity. And, with a singleness of setting, everything...

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Posted by mwestwood on August 5, 2010 at 1:58 AM

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