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1、Long Days Journey into Nightby:Eugene ONeillAuthor:Eugene ONeillBorn：was born on October 16,1888 in New York City,US Died：on November 27,1953(aged 65),in Boston,Massachusetts,US Notable award(s)：won the Nobel Prize in Literature(1936)Pulitzer Prize for Drama(1920,1922,1928,1957)Spouse(s)：Kathleen Je

2、nkins(190912)Agnes Boulton(191829)Carlotta Monterey(192953)Eugene ONeillvEugene ONeill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history.Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas,he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity.ONeills disdain f

3、or the commercial realities of the theater world he was born into led him to produce works of importance and integrity.vOf his very few comedies,only one is well-known(Ah,Wilderness!).Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimismLong Days Journey into Night is w

4、idely considered to be his masterwork and a semi-autobiography base on ONeill own family life.The play was written in 1941 but published in 1956 three years after he died.ONeill received the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for the work in1957.Long Days Journey into Night was never performed during ONeill li

5、fetime.On his twelfth wedding anniversary with his wife Carlotta,ONeill gave her the script of the play.Theme:vThe action of the work covers a single day from around 8:30 am to midnight,setting in a living room of a summerhouse in August 1912.vIn the play,the characters blame,resent and accuse each

6、other in their daily life lead the conflict escalate.Alienation,isolation,loneliness,loss of faith,and illusion,all of those appeared in the play.The escape motif is also predominant.James,Jamie and Edmund all try to avoid the reality by getting drunk,Mary by having morphine and living in her illuso

7、ry world.They are incapable of dealing with the world in which they live.Character listvJames Tyrone Husband of Mary and the father of Jamie and EdmundvMary Tyrone The wife of Tyrone and mother of Jamie and EdmundvJamie Tyrone The elder Tyrone son,he is in his early thirtiesvEdmund Tyrone The younge

8、r Tyrone son,he is ten years younger than JamieJames TyronevJames Tyrone is a vigorous,healthy man of sixty-five.His predominant trait,other than the fact that he drinks too much,is his miserliness,which is to blame for many of the familys troubles.James refuses to spend money on their summer house

9、to make it pleasant for his wife,and he tries to send Edmund to a state sanatorium just to save money.Although he is comparatively well off,James lives in fear of ending his days in poverty.quotesveverything is done in the cheapest way(Act one.)James refuse to spend money on their house.Mary Tyronev

10、Mary struggles from a morphine that has lasted over two decades.With all things in her mind(Eugenes death,Edmunds birth,cheap doctors,Edmunds illness,the familys suspicion),she chooses to use morphine.Shes so good at coming up with excuses to escape the fact.She loves to live in the fog and be away

11、from the sufferings of life.She feels safe in the fog.vAlthough she loves James,she often regrets marrying him because she had to sacrifice her dream.quotesv“none of us can help the things life has done to us.”Act 2,scene 1vMary tries to excuse her son Jamie for his faults,but her comment reveals he

12、r attitude to herself as well.v“I hate doctors!Theyll do anything-anything to keep you coming back to them.Theyll sell their souls!Whats worse,theyll sell yours,and you never know it till one day you find yourself in hell!”Act 2,scene 2vMary gives vent to her anger.v“the past is the present,isnt it?

13、Its the future,too.”Act 2,scene2vMary express her depressed vision of how people are slaves to what happened in the past.Jamie TyronevJamie Tyrone,the elder son,he is in his early thirties.Hes cynical,bitter,arrogant,and often mean.Because he squanders money on drink and women,he has to relay on his

14、 parents support.He dropped out of several colleges and has very little ambition,letting his parents down very much.And he is suspected to be the murder of another younger brother because of envy.quotesv Mamas baby,Papas pet!(act 4.)vThis is when we really see how much Jamie has taken to heart when

15、his parents preference for Edmund.v“The Mad Scene.Enter Ophelia”Act 4vJamies sardonic remark when his mother enter the room,apparently unaware of her surroundings.v“happy roads is bunk.Weary roads is right.Get you nowhere fast.Thats where Ive got-nowhere.Where everyone lands in the end,even if more

16、of the suckers wont admit it.”Act 4vJamie finally confess the truth about his own life.Edmund TyronevThe younger Tyrone son,unlike others,he is relatively blameless.He is a peacekeeper in some way.He works harder than Jamie.Mary always holds out hope that he will become a success one day.vThough Edm

17、und is very different from the rest of his family,he does have one similarity-hes an expert escape artist.He doesnt turn into a mean drunk like his brother,but he still uses alcohol to forget his problems.Just like his mother,he also like walking in the fog to escape the reality.quotesv“everything l

18、ooked and sounded unreal.Nothing was what it is.Thats what I wanted-to be alone with myself in another world where truth is untrue and life can hide from itself.”Act 4vEdmund speaks of his feelings as he walked home in the fog.v“I was set free!I dissolved in the sea,became white sails and flying spr

19、ay,became beauty and rhythm,became moonlight and the ship and the high dim-starred sky.”Act 4v Edmund tells his father about the ecstasy of some of his experiences at sea.summaryvFather and sons torment and curse each other,drinking and escaping the cruel reality,and mothers drug addiction,all of those are the causes of the familys tragedy.