1) My hell would be a place of complete and utter emptiness. Nothing to do, no where to go. In my hell all you can do is sit and think about all the mistakes that you have made to get there. The most tragic part is that there is no going back, once you're there you can never leave or change. The environment of hell doesn't matter. One can suffer in a tropical paradise or a 106 degree desert. Hell is a mindset, a state of being, an awful inescapable space from which you can never be free. A person can be in an unfortunate place without being in hell. Some people float through their days effortlessly under the harshest of circumstances. Those are the people to admire. Those who can live happy lives with awful backgrounds are the ones who have made a conscious effort to be happy. They are the heroes.
2) Too much of anything can be bad. Most good things in life are only good in moderation. Take food for example, most people love food but too much can make you sick. Lack of self control can create a hell for anyone. Moderation is the key to a well balanced life.
3) Sartre creates their hell in a normal looking room. It looks not different from any place found on earth. Their hell is found in the people they are surrounded by. My world could be turned into a hell if I chose to focus only on my flaws. Human beings are all flawed naturally, so no one can be exempt from this type of hell. We all just need to focus on being our own best versions of ourselves, instead of being "perfect".
4) Like Plato, Sartre also understands that mankind's view of themselves is flawed. He seems to have a good understanding of what it means to lead a truly unimportant life. Like Plat's prisoners in The Allegory of the Cave the characters in this play can't see past their own perceptions of reality. This is the tragic flaw that has lead them down the path to hell.
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