No Exit and Three Other Plays
4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism. more
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No Exit and Three Other Plays (Books)
Continental European Drama - An existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the... |
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No Exit and Three Other Plays
Pages: 275, Paperback, Vintage |
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-08-2009
- Philosphy and Theatre: Two Masterpieces and Two Lesser Titles
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) is extremely difficult to approach, for his reputation rests heavily upon the work BEING AND NOTHINGNESS: AN ESSAY ON PHENOMENOLOGICAL ONTOLOGY--an extremely complex work that many regard as the single...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-03-2009
- To see ourselves as others see us
Sartre's play, "No Exit," has a well-known premise--Garcin, Inez, and Estelle are an eternal triangle, captive in a small drawing room of hell, an endless merry-go-round of mutual torture for their sins. Another premise can be read, the...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-11-2009
- Bad Faith is destined to shadow man's existence (whether in Heaven or Hell)
Sartre explores and "projects" some of his deepest existential themes (freedom, consciousness, and acting in bad faith) through this short play, written immediately after his magnum opus "Being and Nothingness." The plot centers around...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-20-2008
- Jean-Paul Sartre "No Exit & 3 other plays"
No Exit and Three Other PlaysAn enjoyable & easy way to get into Sartre's Existentialism. "No Exit":3 people locked in a hotel room forever;Hell as other people:the last lines indicate how we can survive. "The Flies": The Electra story...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-08-2009
- Philosphy and Theatre: Two Masterpieces and Two Lesser Titles
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) is extremely difficult to approach, for his reputation rests heavily upon the work BEING AND NOTHINGNESS: AN ESSAY ON PHENOMENOLOGICAL ONTOLOGY--an extremely complex work that many regard as the single...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-09-2006
- good but not great
These four plays were good plays- they are easier to understand if one is familiar with Sartre's philosophy. The plots in all these plays were both unique and exciting yet at times, especially in dirty hands and the flies, the plays seem...
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- 1/5
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- Posted: Oct-12-2000
- Terribly written
First of all, let me say that I do find Sartre as a philosopher and essayist interesting/stimulating. Secondly, I don't speak French so I fully acknowledge that everything I didn't like about NO EXIT could have been the translator's...
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