'Long day's journey into night'

1. THE AMERICAN LITERATURE
A LONG DAYS JOURNEY IN TO NIGHT :
SHATTEREING SHOCKEING JOURNEY TO THE
HUMAN SOUL!!!
NANDITABA CHUDASAMA
SEMESTER : 2
ROLL NO : 13
BATCH : 2020 – 2022
ENROLLMENT NO :3069206420200006
S.B GARDI DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY

2. Eugene Gladstone O’Neill (1888-1953)
was an American playwright and
Noble Laureate for literature.
Long days 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 and
the coming of age of American Drama.

3. * Trying to discover the root of
human dedires and frustrations.
* Meaning and purpose of life
but ending with disappointment.
* Pessimistic, leaving the
charactes without illusions or
hope.

4. James Tyron Mary cavan Tyron
Jamie Edmund
Cathleen
Father and
supporter of the
Family who is
anxious to
become rich
Wife and
mother of the
Family who is
addicted to
morphine
The older son
who is
irresponsible
The younger
son who is
diagnosed with
tuberculosis
Maid
ignorant
with a well
meaning
stupidity

5. They meet in the living room of the
Family.
(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 sre sngry with their
parents for not being good parents.
(4) The mother curses the father for
his failure to offer her a happy hone.

6. 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 frustrations and wish to
escape from the harsh reality.
Love gives way to hate, day to nihht, and
hope to despair.

7. * Long days journey in to 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.

9. REFERENCES
• Bloom Harold, Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's
Journey into Night. New York :Chelsea House,
1987.
• Shafer, Yvonne,Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's
Journey into Night."Gale Literature Resource
Center, 22 June 2021.