No Exit seemed to me a weird way of portraying Hell. It was a place of suffering for eternity, however, the characters were concerned with the outward appearances while in hell. I'm pretty sure the appearances of the ones who are there are not what is the worst thing to worry about in hell. Its eternal burning! Maybe i began to develop this view of this story because with almost everything I read I have to look at it by what I know the reality of christian beliefs. Even if I know that the story being read is not from a christian view, I can't help but to see it that way. After taking this fault I have under consideration I was able to better read the story and see it in a non-christian view (not that christian is bad, ofcourse) but sometimes it hinders the meaning of the story or my opinion of the story. Okay, so I just went off on a tangent, but while sitting in class on tuesday, all I could think about what how the idea of hell portrayed in the story was not the real hell.
p.s I commented on Jamie's post "Random thoughts on No Exit"
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I thought the same thing too. This form of Hell seemed a little mild. These characters who had done these terrible acts only received a fraction of a punishment that they deserved. Sure it was kinda toasty in the room, but that is not the same as feeling the burning sensation of fire for all eternity.
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