Contemplating Sartre's No ExitIn No Exit, Sartre provides a convincing response to the problem of other minds through theater. It puts two women (Inez and Estelle) in a hotel room with a man (Garcin) for eternity. This is his conception of hell, and he puts it forward in one of the last lines of the play: “Hell is other people!” There are no torture racks or red-hot pitchforks in hell because they're looking for "economy of labor - or devil's power if you prefer." Everyone is there (in hell) for a specific reason: Garcin because he cheated and tormented his wife, Estelle because she killed her own child and her lover, then committed suicide, and Inez because she tormented her lover until that lover killed them both. Each is attracted to someone else: Garcin to Inez, for her strength, her vitality (if it is possible to use this word to designate someone dead) and her power over him; Inez to Estelle, because Estelle would, with her weak personality, be easily dominated by Inez's strong personality; and Estelle to Garcin, because he is the only man and, as a weak woman, she needs male approval to validate her existence. Notably, Estelle comes from an extremely poor background and was raised in the upper classes. only through her marriage to a rich husband old enough to be her father, who could provide for her and her physically weak and ill younger brother and give them social status. Estelle, however, despises Inès, who was only a postal clerk. This is consistent with the way Estelle needs others to validate her own existence: she needs Estelle to be looked down upon so she can value herself by comparison.Garc...... middle of paper..." in the words of Estelle Of course, this concept of a mirror extends beyond Estelle's simple need for a mirror. Examples of this are found in the reasons why each subject needs the person she is attracted to. that Garcin tells him that he is not a coward, and therefore to validate his existence; Inez needs to dominate Estelle and see herself reflected in Estelle's eyes, and Estelle needs to have Garcin; as a valid man and affirms his existence by possessing it “You are a coward, Garcin, because I wish it to be. And yet, look at me, see how weak I am, a simple breath in the air, a look that observes you, a formless thought that thinks of you. people have to be who and what we are, and relying on absurd people in an absurd universe is... nauseating.