PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Execution By Firing Squad, Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism
Document Summary
The conditions of no exit are just those of everyday life. 3 main characters, match one another perfectly in their bad faith, each needing to live through the others somehow: joseph garcin. Journalist, executed by firing squad when trying to leave brazil to set up an opposition pacifist newspaper. Concerned with whether he is thought to be a coward, in the end focussed only on inez: inez serrano. Postal clerk, suffocated by florence, her lesbian partner. Deliberately left the gas on during the night. Self-confessedly cruel, needing to dominate others and make them see with her eyes. Largely focussed on estelle: estelle rigault. Society" wife, member of the upper bourgeoisie, died of pneumonia. Had at least one lover roger, by whom she had a child she killed (causing roger to commit suicide) Needs the admiration and adoration of others to lose herself, in particular men.
