![]() ![]() Garcin wonders where all the instruments of torture are: Hell is supposed to have racks and "red-hot pincers." The Valet is amused by Garcin's persistence in believing the myths and the stories told by human beings about Hell. The Valet shrewdly points out that living people who have never set foot in the afterlife are not likely in a position to describe the details of it. Actually, he is rather surprised by the decor it is nothing like what he had expected or had been told about the afterlife. The two men discuss the furniture Garcin disdains the Second Empire furnishings, but he says that he was able, during his lifetime, to accustom himself to most styles. This is no ordinary drawing room, however: It is actually Hell, and the play takes place in an afterlife following the death of its characters. The play opens with Garcin and a Valet in a drawing room decorated in Second Empire style. ![]() ![]() (Although there are no act or scene divisions in No Exit, we shall break the play into sections to facilitate a running commentary.) ![]()
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