Jean-Paul Marat

Tulane’s production of No Exit was a very fun experience. No Exit itself is a very interesting story, with some very good dialogue. The dialogue really has to be very good, as the entire play takes place in a single room, which leaves a very heavy burden upon the actors to not only remember lines, but to execute them. While no doubt I think Garcin, Inez and Estelle were played a little differently than how Satre intended, the parts were acted well, and I view the differences from the script as…

How should we live, in order to "live a good life"? For someone such as Albert Camus, author of The Myth of Sisyphus, living a good life would involve living freely. Camus believed strongly that we as humans should not hope for anything. Nothing is guaranteed to us; we could literally drop dead at any moment. Camus believed everyone should live in the moment. His essays suggest we should accept whatever our actions result in, no matter how bad it is; as long as we find happiness in the present,…

some other form of mandatory military service, soldiers might be forced to fight a war they do not believe in. These circumstances might lead one to believe that soldiers are not morally responsible for acts committed in war. I will argue that John Paul Sartre’s Existentialism would condemn all notions of the soldiers holding no responsibility and claim that they were in fact responsible for all acts they themselves commit during the war, as well as Sartre’s argument in this case…

man has a particular, universal human nature and has the same basic qualities. In other words, God creates a man, so a man’s life is only directed by God. On the other hand, however, others argue that existence precedes essence. In the words of Jean-Paul Sartre, one of this view’s main proponents, “It means that, first of all, man exists, turns up, appears on the scene, and only afterwards, defines himself. If man, as the existentialist conceives him, is indefinable, it is because at first he is…

Throughout his entire life, Richard Wright has been controlled by the adults surrounding him. He soon learns that he is an individual who is responsible for determining his own development by acts of free consciousness. Through desperation for freedom, Richard learns to cope with the knowledge that only he has the power to determine his entire life. When Richard begins to lose everything, he must find a way to rebuild his life, however, his solution is only possible through an escape created by…

and how it compares to other philosophers. John Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, biographer, political activist and literacy critic. He was one of the key persons in the area of philosophy on the topics of existentialism and phenomenology. His work was also and influences towards sociology, post-colonial theory, critical theory and literacy studies and continues to be an influence to these disciplines. A main part of johns Paul sarte was his novels on his work of the…

According to Sartre, human decision-making that fails to recognize the necessity of making choices in the face of a lack of solid grounds for doing so fails to effectively take responsibility for choices. In order to make a properly Sartrean existentialist choices, you must understand that every action you undertake is not a product of external structures and cannot be justified by external codes but rather is an intentional personal choice that has no rationale outside of yourself. You must…

Matt Blair English 4, Ward Period 3 The Forlorn Path In life, individuals and generations set social norms which others follow. Existentialism is a philosophical idea that goes against many of these norms, and places emphasis on individual freedom and one's ability of free choice. The authors Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, and Steve McQueen attempt to reflect these existential ideas in their respective works of The Metamorphosis, The stranger, and Hunger. Main characters, Gregor Samsa, Meursault…

Sartre not only illustrates Garcin to display self-deception by failing to achieve consciousness, but also not overcoming being-for-others. To start off, Garcin is very concerned whether he is a coward or not, because of his decision to run away to Mexico from Rio because of a fight. This ultimately led him to his faith, but he is worried about what others think of him because of his decision. He fails to overcome being-for-others for this reason, since he needs to know what he is. Sartre agrees…

Kaylah Wood Mr. Z Feb. 28 2017 Title To embody the concept of one’s own freewill embodies the concept of existentialism. Individuals are solely responsible their choices; therefore, it is the responsibility of that single person to determine what is “good” and what is “bad”. Society has established a specific moral standard in which most people must abide, which then can encourage some to blame others, or lie about their choices. Morality as described by Sartre, “we define man only in relation…