No Exit

by

Jean-Paul Sartre

Estelle’s Husband Character Analysis

Estelle’s husband is an older man who marries her shortly after both her parents die. Estelle agrees to enter into this marriage because her husband is rich and she needs to care for her younger brother. After six years, though, she starts seeing Roger. When she secretly gives birth to Roger’s child in Switzerland and subsequently murders the child, she returns to Paris, where Roger commits suicide. Despite all this, Estelle’s husband never suspects anything.
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Estelle’s Husband Character Timeline in No Exit

The timeline below shows where the character Estelle’s Husband appears in No Exit. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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Human Interaction, Control, and Sense of Self Theme Icon
Self-Deception vs. Acceptance Theme Icon
...side. Estelle explains that she had pneumonia and that she died without much pain. Her husband, for his part, has decided to stay home for the funeral, since he’s “prostrated with... (full context)
Empathy vs. Selfishness Theme Icon
Self-Deception vs. Acceptance Theme Icon
...older family friend who was very rich asked her to marry him, she agreed. “My husband was old enough to be my father, but for six years we had a happy... (full context)
Empathy vs. Selfishness Theme Icon
...encountering in hell. They hypothesize that she was his “mistress,” that she wouldn’t leave her husband for him, and that he killed himself as a result. “You’ve got it all wrong,... (full context)