ABSTRACT
In The Transcendence of the Ego, Sartre argues that the body is the illusory fulfillment of the I-concept and that the body can serve as a visible. It is possible for them to make so many errors because, as Sartre explains, the for-itself can make decisions which are actually opposed to the fundamental ends which it has chosen. But it is only after they receive their second chance and effectively come back to life and regain their balance of pre-reflective and reflective consciousness that the protagonists are able to rescue Marie Astruc, their only success in any of their projects. Eve dies too, and in the final scene in the film the lugubrious dead couple discusses their failed projects, although they also finally realize that the world is too factic to become involved with. Pre-reflective consciousness is more associated with the body in the sense that this type of consciousness comprises the subject simply doing or being, rather than reflecting.
