Do you believe that the choices you make now have no effect on what happens to you or what becomes of you in the future? According to Sartre, his theory of what makes a person is based on one’s actions, not because of who they are. By living without an idea that a consequence, for example religious views, will follow after every choice you make, then you are truly living freely. It’s the choices that are made that make us who we are; who we become. I think likewise that human beings, based on their decisions, determine what the outcome of their life is. Points of Sartre’s theory are evident in No Exit through the characters self-deception and the cause of the decisions they make in Hell. People can say whatever they want and get away without
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Estelle, we shall climb out of hell”(Sartre). Sartre suggests that although two out of the three characters have come to the conclusion to accept their fate, Garcin continues to lie to himself. He isn’t truly relieved of the guilt he feels in this moment of satisfaction when hearing Estelle speak the things he wants to hear. This idea of deceiving oneself is due to the fact that they feel judged by the other person. That fuels their act to lie so that they can not only feel better, but to think that is who they were. As a result, the character continues to purge their mind until they finally break. Like the characters of No Exit, there is deception evident in the play Macbeth. After the witches proclaim the future of Banquo and Macbeth, Banquo is concerned due to nightmares of the three witches. When touching upon the subject with Macbeth, Macbeth simply replies, “I think not of them”(Shakespeare). Lying to Banquo, Macbeth wants his true motives to kill King Duncan and become king to remain in secret in order not to raise any suspicion. Plato may argue, according to The Myth of Er, that one can become reborn or choose a new, easier life. Although not all people think alike, some of them will probably dispute the claim that a person can simply choose to live a new life in the blink of an eye. To sum up, deception can dupe
Estelle, we shall climb out of hell”(Sartre). Sartre suggests that although two out of the three characters have come to the conclusion to accept their fate, Garcin continues to lie to himself. He isn’t truly relieved of the guilt he feels in this moment of satisfaction when hearing Estelle speak the things he wants to hear. This idea of deceiving oneself is due to the fact that they feel judged by the other person. That fuels their act to lie so that they can not only feel better, but to think that is who they were. As a result, the character continues to purge their mind until they finally break. Like the characters of No Exit, there is deception evident in the play Macbeth. After the witches proclaim the future of Banquo and Macbeth, Banquo is concerned due to nightmares of the three witches. When touching upon the subject with Macbeth, Macbeth simply replies, “I think not of them”(Shakespeare). Lying to Banquo, Macbeth wants his true motives to kill King Duncan and become king to remain in secret in order not to raise any suspicion. Plato may argue, according to The Myth of Er, that one can become reborn or choose a new, easier life. Although not all people think alike, some of them will probably dispute the claim that a person can simply choose to live a new life in the blink of an eye. To sum up, deception can dupe