No Exit To: Preface
Preface. The title of this story is in reference to a play written by Jean-Paul Sartre called No Exit. The play is about "three characters who who find themselves waiting in a mysterious room. It's a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for eternity." It sounds comical to say but then again, I've never read the play or watched any of the movie adaptions. I read the play's synopsis via Wikipedia; I also had no idea who Sartre was prior to reading about him. There's a famous line in Sartre's play, "Hell is other people." I believe I heard this line on Criminal Minds. You know how at the beginning of each episode, it starts off with one of the characters reciting a quote? I was intrigued by the phrase because I thought it was pretty clever. For those who never read the play either, you're probably wondering what Sartre meant by this quote. I found the answer here: h...