No Exit

1) Think about the place you have chosen as your hell. Does it look ordinary and bourgeois, like Sartre's drawing room, or is it equipped with literal instruments of torture like Dante's Inferno? Can the mind be in hell in a beautiful place? Is there a way to find peace in a hellish physical environment? Enter Sartre's space more fully and imagine how it would feel to live there endlessly, night and day

- My version of hell would be more based on Dante's Inferno with the layers of hell and different punishment at each level. Another type of hell can be one's mind in that they trap and torture themselves by over thinking. To attempt to find peace in a hellish physical environment would be to accept and adapt, then center yourself and thoughts so you can feel more free. If I lived in Sartre's room I would probably become a claustrophobic and have an anxiety attack. 

2) Could hell be described as too much of anything without a break? Are variety, moderation and balance instruments we use to keep us from boiling in any inferno of excess, whether it be cheesecake or ravenous sex?

 - Certain things without a break can be described as hell, but if you love doing something and you do it a lot and still love it then you wouldn't consider it hell. Depending on the person one thing can be hell and one thing can be joy. Everything is based off an individual and their ideas.

3) How does Sartre create a sense of place through dialogue? Can you imagine what it feels like to stay awake all the time with the lights on with no hope of leaving a specific place? How does Garcin react to this hell? How could you twist your daily activities around so that everyday habits become hell? Is there a pattern of circumstances that reinforces the experience of hell?

- Sartre creates a sense of place through the dialogue with the characters talking about their frustrations in the room. I cannot imagine being in the characters situation, not being able to sleep and always having the lights on would make me very cantankerous. Garcin reacts to this hell by denying its existence. If my daily activities were twisted to become a hell they would probably be more tedious and never ending or if I wanted to do one of my daily activities I wouldn't be able to.