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How we cite the quotes:
Citations follow this format: (Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue. We used the translation by S. Gilbert found in No Exit and Three Other Plays, published by Vintage International in 1989.
| Quote #7 GARCIN: Are you going to love me? ESTELLE: I wonder now! GARCIN: Will you trust me? ESTELLE: What a quaint thing to ask! Considering you'll be under my eyes all the time, and I don't think I've much to fear from Inez, so far as you're concerned. GARCIN: Obviously. I was thinking of another kind of trust. (431-5) |
What is Garcin referring to here? What "kind of trust" does he mean?
| Quote #8 INEZ: What about your wife, Garcin? GARCIN: Oh, didn't I tell you? She's dead. INEZ: Dead? GARCIN: Yes, she died just now. About two months ago. INEZ: Of grief? GARCIN: What else should she die of? (462-7) |
Not only does Garcin not feel remorse over the way he treated his wife, he doesn’t even recognize that what he did was wrong in the first place.
| Quote #9 INEZ: Love's a grand solace, isn't it, my friend? Deep and dark as sleep. (540) |
Inez is correct, which means Garcin and Estelle are both cowards for seeking refuge in love rather than facing up to their hellish situation.