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Course Hero. "No Exit Study Guide." Course Hero. 13 Feb. 2018. Web. 22 Sep. 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/No-Exit/>.
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Course Hero. (2018, February 13). No Exit Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved September 22, 2023, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/No-Exit/
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Course Hero. "No Exit Study Guide." February 13, 2018. Accessed September 22, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/No-Exit/.
Footnote
Course Hero, "No Exit Study Guide," February 13, 2018, accessed September 22, 2023, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/No-Exit/.
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Garcin | A pacifist journalist from Rio de Janeiro, Joseph Garcin arrives in hell after being shot by a firing squad for cowardice. Read More |
Inez | Inez Serrano, killed by leaking gas, is an intelligent, bitter working-class woman. She admits to her evil ways in life, which caused her lover to kill both Inez and herself. Read More |
Estelle | Younger than Garcin and Inez, Estelle Rigault is a vain, superficial, snobbish woman who has betrayed her husband, tormented her lover, and murdered her infant daughter. Having died of pneumonia, she believes at first she is damned by mistake. Read More |
Florence | Seduced away from her husband by Inez, young, guilt-ridden Florence killed herself and Inez by turning on the gas before the two went to sleep. Florence does not appear in the play. |
Gomez | A journalist in Brazil, Gomez and others rejected Garcin's pacifism and denounced him as a coward. Gomez does not appear in the play. |
Olga | Estelle's close friend, Olga grieved over Estelle's illness and death but soon after betrays Estelle by telling her secrets to a potential lover. Olga does not appear in the play. |
Peter | A recent lover of Estelle before her death, 18-year-old Peter used tender expressions to describe her. Now she "hears" him using the same words with Olga. Peter does not appear in the play. |
Roger | The father of Estelle's child, Roger shot himself in the face after Estelle killed their daughter. Roger does not appear in the play. |
Valet | The valet leads each character to the room after death and gives basic information about it. |
Garcin's wife | A timid woman whom Garcin says he rescued from the gutter, Garcin's wife shed no tears at the death of her faithless husband. Garcin's wife does not appear in the play. |