No Exit
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No Exit is a famous existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores themes of freedom, self-deception, and the idea that "hell is other people."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| No Exit canonical | 4 |
| Huis clos | 1 |
| Huis clos (stage production) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3069771 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Exit Context triple: [Jean-Paul Sartre, notableWork, No Exit]
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A.
No Exit
No Exit is a significant film work by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes, reflecting his focus on war, conflict, and human resilience.
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B.
West Exit
West Exit is a major gateway area of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station, known for its access to business districts, shopping complexes, and bus terminals.
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C.
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
"Five Characters in Search of an Exit" is a classic, surreal episode of The Twilight Zone in which five strangers trapped in a mysterious, featureless space struggle to understand who they are and why they are there.
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D.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman is a Tony Award–winning musical, adapted from Manuel Puig’s novel, that blends political drama and fantasy within the confines of a Latin American prison.
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E.
Chaise cassée
Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Exit Target entity description: No Exit is a famous existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores themes of freedom, self-deception, and the idea that "hell is other people."
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A.
No Exit
No Exit is a significant film work by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes, reflecting his focus on war, conflict, and human resilience.
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B.
West Exit
West Exit is a major gateway area of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station, known for its access to business districts, shopping complexes, and bus terminals.
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C.
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
"Five Characters in Search of an Exit" is a classic, surreal episode of The Twilight Zone in which five strangers trapped in a mysterious, featureless space struggle to understand who they are and why they are there.
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D.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman is a Tony Award–winning musical, adapted from Manuel Puig’s novel, that blends political drama and fantasy within the confines of a Latin American prison.
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E.
Chaise cassée
Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
existentialist play
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one-act play ⓘ play ⓘ |
| adaptation |
film adaptations
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radio adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ |
| centralConflict | three dead characters trapped together for eternity ⓘ |
| centralIdea | people constitute each other’s psychological hell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dramaticDevice |
absence of physical torture devices
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psychological torture through interaction ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure |
unity of action
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unity of place ⓘ unity of time ⓘ |
| famousLine | L'enfer, c'est les autres ⓘ |
| famousLineTranslation | Hell is other people ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Paris ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier ⓘ |
| genre |
existentialist drama
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philosophical drama ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
20th-century theatre
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existentialist literature ⓘ philosophical discussions of the Other ⓘ |
| historicalContext | written and first performed during World War II ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstPerformance | French ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Estelle
ⓘ
Garcin ⓘ Inès ⓘ
linked to:
Ines
|
| notableAdaptation | 1954 television production for BBC ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Huis clos
ⓘ
linked to:
No Exit
|
| philosophicalConcept |
denial of transcendence
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responsibility for one’s choices ⓘ the gaze of the Other ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement | French existentialism ⓘ |
| setting |
Second Empire-style room
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a drawing room in hell ⓘ |
| supportingCharacter | the Valet ⓘ |
| theme |
bad faith
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existentialism ⓘ freedom ⓘ interpersonal conflict ⓘ self-deception ⓘ self-identity through others ⓘ the nature of hell ⓘ |
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Subject: No Exit Description of subject: No Exit is a famous existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores themes of freedom, self-deception, and the idea that "hell is other people."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: No Exit
linked to: No Exit