a tool used for gripping objects
an instrument of torture whereby a person's limbs are stretched in opposite directions
French "empire" (1852-1870). The style known as "Second Empire" draws heavily on neoclassical and Baroque models.
The Question and Answer section for No Exit is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
A month takes a matter of minutes in Sartre's hell. In other words, the relationship between the characters and the world of the living is perpetually off-balance. When Garcin says that his wife died a month ago, he qualifies the statement by...
Following Napoleon Bonaparte and the temporary return to a monarchy, France established what was called the Second Republic (the First Republic was what resulted from the Revolution in the 1790s). Things changed when Louis Napoleon took power: he...
The entire play takes place in a drawing room, Second Empire style, with a massive bronze ornament on the mantelpiece. However the piece contains essential germs of existentialist thought such as "Hell is other people." As you read the play, put...
