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Forces that they cannot understand or conquer drive ONeills characters. In the milieu of theater, the playwright brings these themes to their extremes. On symbolic and literal levels, these three plays expose the instincts and learned behaviors of humans and how they affect us in our search for a spiritual place.
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The Emperor Jones, The Hairy Ape & Mourning Becomes Electra : Notes, Including O'Neill's Life and Background, Brief Synopses, Scene-by-scene Summaries and Commentaries, Character Analyses, Critical Notes, Questions for Review, Selected Bibliography
The Emperor Jones, The Hairy Ape & Mourning Becomes Electra
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by Peter Clark, Ph.D. Department of English Newark College of Engineering and James L. Roberts, Ph.D. Department of English University of Nebraska
including
O'Neill's Life and Background
Brief Synopses
Scene-by-Scene Summaries and Commentaries
Character Analyses
Critical Notes
Questions for Review
Selected Bibliography
INCORPORATED LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68501
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Editor
Gary Carey, M.A. University of Colorado
Consulting Editor
James L. Roberts, Ph.D. Department of English University of Nebraska
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1995 Printing
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CONTENTS
O'Neill's Life and Background
5
Naturalism
6
Expressionism
7
The Emperor Jones
List of Characters
9
A Brief Synopsis
9
Summaries and Commentaries
10
A General Evaluation
23
Questions for Review
26
The Hairy Ape
List of Characters
27
A Brief Synopsis
27
Summaries and Commentaries
28
A General Evaluation
52
Questions for Review
57
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Mourning Becomes Electra
List of Characters
58
A Brief Synopsis
59
Summaries and Commentaries
61
Character Analyses
96
Naturalism
102
The Greek Myth
103
O'Neill's Use of the Greek Myth
106
Questions for Review
108
Selected Bibliography
109
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O'NEILL'S LIFE AND BACKGROUND
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was born in New York City October 16, 1888. O'Neill's father, James, was a matinee idol of the melodrama school who specialized in portraying the count of The Count of Monte Cristo. Together with his family James O'Neill toured the entire country for sixteen years in this production. Baptized into the theater in this manner, Eugene utilized the technological background in becoming America's pioneer of expressionistic and naturalistic drama.
O'Neill entered Princeton University in 1906, but left shortly thereafter to work on a tramp steamer at sea. During this period of travel, O'Neill formulated many of the ideas and characterizations which are found in his works. His obsession with the mystical attractiveness of the sea plays a central role in the
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