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| Eugene O`Neill |
The plot centres on the story of the Tyrone´s family. It shows the events that surround this particular family, whose bonds are getting worse, due to issues with family members. The living room is the place in which the play takes place and it starts with the return of the mother, Mary, who´s back home after a treatment.
What I found interesting in this play is that every member of the family has its own issue, regarding a certain problem, addiction or desease, for example: James Tyrone (father), his conflict is related to being stingy over the years and the way he criticizes his children but never did a self-criticism. Mary (mother) deals with her own addiction to morphine and after having done a treatment for it she is still an addict. James Jr. (older son) has a reputation for being a womanizer, an alcoholic actor and for living a life full of mediocrity. Edmund (younger son) is in bad health, and later on diagnosed with tuberculosis. Cathleen (daughter) is a bit ignorant but a friendly and nice person.
Every member has its own reality and due to that, there is a lack of communication inside the family. Thus, fighting is very common in the Tyrone family, is their normal.
Another important fact is that O´Neill´s life was very similar to the one shown in Long Day´s Journey into Night, since his family had the same problems, such as: morphine addiction of the mother, the lack of interest in life of the older son who did not take life too serious and some others,
We can make an obvious relation here, because every family in real life has its own world, different from others and live with it. Some families can work on that and solve them, some do not. Also the "Hope" that Tyron put on his children is so realistic, considering parents always want their children to be better than them and when they see a son not caring for their interests the fun/problem begins.
Cristopher Plummer as James Tyrone
References
http://www.biography.com/people/eugene-oneill-9428728
http://www.eoneill.com/artifacts/reviews/ldj0_times.htm
This is doubtless one of the saddest tragedies that I have ever seen, since the family does nothing that getting worse. Maybe you would like to check my post, more specific about the fog which appears in this play. Have yo realized that the fact of being a fog is in fact a barrier which they can overcome?, however, they stay in it since they do not want to face reality. That is why the representation of this "blindness" of reality is related to a fog and not something "stronger" like a giant wall would be, and it is what makes this tragedy very particular, since the cage in where they are trapped are closed by themselves.
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ResponderEliminarI could not agree with Lucas more, in the sense that is terrible to see and read how tragic O’Neill´s life was. Despite the fact that this play is considered an outstanding work in the genre, we cannot forget the story that inspired it. Moreover, to notice how no member of this family wanted to make a real change in order to make the family relation better; in order to be better. I strongly believe that family is the crucial pillar when it comes to developing us as a human beings in a proper way. Not to have this kind of support, it will probably bring negative consequences in life.
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