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Garcin’s Wife
Gomez is Garcin’s colleague at the newspaper office. When Garcin dies and goes to hell, he has visions of Gomez and his other coworkers as they sit in the office and discuss the nature of his death, talking about the fact that he was a deserter. Their claim that he’s a coward upsets him to no end, and he curses Gomez for speaking badly about him when he’s not there to defend himself. By the end of the play, though, Garcin realizes that he’ll never be able to change Gomez’s mind, which is why he decides to convince Inez that he isn’t a coward, since she’s the only person whose opinion he can still influence.
Gomez Quotes in No Exit
The No Exit quotes below are all either spoken by Gomez or refer to Gomez. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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No Exit Quotes
I want you to do me a service. No, don’t shrink away. I know it must seem strange to you, having someone asking you for help; you’re not used to that. But if you’ll make the effort, if you’ll only will it hard enough, I dare say we can really love each other. Look at it this way. A thousand of them are proclaiming I’m a coward; but what do numbers matter? If there’s someone, just one person, to say quite positively I did not run away, that I’m not the sort who runs away, that I’m brave and decent and the rest of it—well, that one person’s faith would save me. Will you have that faith in me? Then I shall love you and cherish you forever. Estelle—will you?
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Gomez Character Timeline in No Exit
The timeline below shows where the character Gomez appears in No Exit. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...if he’s “interested” in Estelle, Garcin tells her that he’s trying to hear his colleague, Gomez, who’s currently talking about him at the office. He also says that he’s not interested...
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...that everyone speak honestly about why they’ve come to hell. Frustrated that he’s missed what Gomez said about him, he tries to focus on the present moment, urging Estelle to be...
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...that Garcin is thinking about Inez’s gaze. “You’ve got it wrong,” he says, explaining that Gomez and his colleagues are talking about him again. It’s been six months since he died,...
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“Talk away, talk away you swine,” Garcin says, referring to Gomez. “I’m not there to defend myself.” Turning to Estelle, he tells her how important it...
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...cry, and Estelle moves to him and urges him to stop thinking about people like Gomez, who will soon die. “They’ll die,” he agrees, “but others will come after them to...
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