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Create a character map for Garcin, Estelle, and Inez. Students list basic…
Create a character map for Garcin, Estelle, and Inez. Students list basic biographical details, physical descriptions, and key quotes from each character's introduction to establish foundational knowledge before more profound analysis.
Estelle
physicality and class
"no. don't look up. I know what you're hiding with your hands. I know you've no face left" - first line instantly talks about looks
Needing a mirror - never for a reflection of herself but instead an illusion relying on it to create a version of herself."Look into my eyes, what do you see"- "im there but so tiny I can't see myself properly" - symbolises loss of class - she is smaller - also indicates she doesn't know how she is - she can't see "properly"
"A pimple? Oh, how simply foul! Where
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Reality/existentialism
"[quickly] thats just it i haven't a notion" -constant delfection of the issues, doesn't face reality.
"Anyhow isn't it better to think we've got here by mistake?" - accentuates her superficiality and shows how would rather live in a comfortable lie then a harsh truth.
The room
The room consists of Three sofas, that represent the identity of each character. Each sofa has a distinct colour which mirrors the traits of the character who gravitates towards i
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"No mirrors, I notice. No windows. Only to be expected. And nothing breakable." - The room is designed not to have many mirrors this ensures that no character can fix their self- appearance therefore this allows them to rely on others to know who they are.
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Garcin
Garcin - wears a suit to portray his "significance" his posture remains straight and stable to implement his need for validation. He desperately wants to be seen as a strong honourable man, " twelve bullet holes " that dies with honour.
Dramatic
Irony between how he truly is and how he is presented - he is presented as a pacifist journalist but he has many moments of rage - "thumping ragefully the arm of an armchair" - showing that how someone is presented is very different to how someone truly is - this links to existentialism as it represents a search for meaning that can be artificial and only presented externally while the inner soul is lost as they drown in the search for meaning
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background - a journalist and pacifist newspaper editor from rio de janeiro, brazil.
death: executed by a firing squad for desertion after fleeing or refusing to fight in a war.
Inez
Biographical Details
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Inez lived with her cousin's wife Florence and actively manipulated and seduced her, leading to her husband's death. Inez dies because Florence is overcome with guilt and turns on a gas stove while her and Inez are sleeping.
Inez is intelligent, cunning, perceptive, and cruel
Inez serves as a "torturer" for Garcin and Estelle, forcing their confrontation of their past life.
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Key Quotes
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"You? Why, the torturer, of course. "
"There was some point in being afraid before, while one
still had hope."
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"Inez says nothing", "Inez still keeps silent, and the Valet looks slightly huffed".
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"newborn babes" Crucial metaphor for vulnerability, transparency and the ina