No Exit is a play by the French Existentialist, Jean-Paul Sartre, that takes place in hell. Three damned characters, Garcin, Ines and Estelle are locked in a triangle of guilt and denial where they cannot be forgiven or forgive themselves. Estelle attempts to seduce Garcin, who wants to be forgiven for his cowardice. Ines is appalled, telling Garcin that Estelle only forgives because she wants him. Estelle tries to kill Ines but she cannot die again. The three resign to eternally torturing one another.
Society strives for conformity In The Stranger by Albert Camus and No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre society rejects the protagonists because they have beliefs that conflict with those that are accepted by society Meursault in The Stranger is the victim of a society which rejects and persecutes him because of his absurdist view of the world The three protagonists in No Exit Garcin Inez and Estelle are also the victim of social injustice but their punishment is not as evident because they are both the