Long Days Journey into Night
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This document provides a summary of Eugene O'Neill's play Long Day's Journey into Night. It introduces the playwright Eugene O'Neill and notes that the play, set in 1912, depicts a day in the life of the Tyrone family as they torment one another. It describes the father being angry with the mother's drug addiction, the mother angry with her sons, and the sons angry with their parents. By midnight, all four family members suffer frustration and wish to escape their harsh reality, as love gives way to hate over the course of the long day.
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Long Days Journey into Night
- 2. Name Of The Course: Twentieth Century World Literature Course Conductor: Sayeda Afsana Ferdous
- 3. Presented By: Refat Ara Joti Id:143020100009 Topic: Long Days Journey into Night (1956)
- 4. Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (16 October 1888 – 27 November 1953) was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate for Literature. Long Day’s Journey into Night (1956), for which he own his final Pulitzer posthumously in 1957. It has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of O’Neill’s literary career and the coming of age of American drama.
- 5. Features of O’s plays Trying to discover the root of human desires and frustrations. Meaning and purpose in life, but ending with disappointment. Pessimistic, leaving the characters without illusions or hope. Features of - O’s plays
- 7. James Tyron Father and supporter of the family Unpretentious and not Temperamental sentimental melancholy Anxious to become rich Mary cavan Tyron wife and mother of the family Sensitive and self-delusion addicted to morphine Jamie the older son habitual expression of cynicism Irresponsible and womanizing alcoholic actor like his father Edmund the younger intellectually and poetically inclined extremely nervous diagnosed with tuberculosis Cathleen Maid amiable, ignorant and clumsy with a well-meaning stupidity
- 8. Eugene Tyrone – A son born before Edmund who died Bridget- A cook Shaughness y - A tenant on a farm owned by the Tyrone's McGuire – A real estate agent Harker – A friend of James Tyrone Doctor Hardy – Tyrone's physician Captain Turner – The Tyrone's neighbor The mistress- James had had an affair before his marriage Mary's father Smythe – A garage assistant Minor Character
- 9. Summary They meet in the living room of the family’s summer home at 8:30 A. M. of a day in August, 1912 and torment one another and themselves until midnight. (1) The father is angry with mother for her drug addiction (2) The mother is angry with his sons for being good for nothing (3) The sons are angry with their parents for not being good parents (4) The mother curses the father for his failure to offer her a happy home
- 10. Father and sons torture and curse each other, drinking to escape the cruel reality. All are torn in a mental war between love and hate. all the four suffer frustration and wish to escape from the harsh reality. Love gives way to hate, day to night, and hope to despair. Summary
- 11. Analysis Long Day's Journey into Night is undoubtedly a tragedy- The play is largely autobiographical. The play also creates a world in which communication has broken down The play is all the more tragic because it leaves little hope for the future.
- 12. Symbols The Title Fog and Foghorn The Car Day and night The Wedding Dress and Booth’s Praise