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Estelle's Sacrifice In No Exit

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In “No Exit,” Estelle is the final prisoner, who was obsessed with her look. She was desperately needs man’s attention and wants to see herself in the mirror to make sure that she is still as gorgeous as when she got send to the hell. She was strongly believed that she does not belong in hell, because her beauty and wealth. She think she has higher place in society, and she is prettier than everyone else, at this moment she is comparing herself to Inez, the other female prisoner. Estelle is like the evil step mom, who will do anything to get to the place that she wanted. In the book, she said: “Of course I suppose I could be blamed in a way, for having sacrifice my youth to an old man. (To CRADEAU.) Do you think that’s wrong” (Sartre 19)? Estelle
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