Ruth and Mary are two heroines in Eugene O'Neill's plays Beyond the Horizon, and Long Day's Journey into Night. They have some similarities: when they are young, they are beautiful, native and full of hope...Ruth and Mary are two heroines in Eugene O'Neill's plays Beyond the Horizon, and Long Day's Journey into Night. They have some similarities: when they are young, they are beautiful, native and full of hope towards the future life, but both make wrong choices; in the following years, both suffer a lot from these wrong choices, and feel regretful. This paper tries to explore these two tragic female images.展开更多
Beyond the Horizon is the famous work of an American playwright, Eugene O'Neill. In 1936, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature that establishes him a reputation in the field of literature. Until now he ha...Beyond the Horizon is the famous work of an American playwright, Eugene O'Neill. In 1936, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature that establishes him a reputation in the field of literature. Until now he has been the only American playwright who got the prize. The drama describes the pursuit of dreams of three young people in the American countryside in twentieth centu-ry.By analysis of the tragedy of Robert, Andrew and Ruth, the thesis aims to explore the cause of the tragedy and the tragic connota-tions embodied in the drama. By the study of the personalities of the three main characters, the author's experience and the back-ground of the times,we find that there are three major causes for the tragedy. First, each individual has their own flaws in personali-ties that bring them to a tragic end. Second, they are unable to meet the rapid change of times. Finally, the family is also a cause for their tragic fate. Besides, O'Neill displays the theme of conflict between dream and reality, and self-consciousness in the drama. The road to fulfill dreams in life is full of twists and turns. To realize our dreams, we need not only to overcome our cowardice, but also to adjust ourselves to the social environment and the surrounding environment.展开更多
文摘Ruth and Mary are two heroines in Eugene O'Neill's plays Beyond the Horizon, and Long Day's Journey into Night. They have some similarities: when they are young, they are beautiful, native and full of hope towards the future life, but both make wrong choices; in the following years, both suffer a lot from these wrong choices, and feel regretful. This paper tries to explore these two tragic female images.
文摘Beyond the Horizon is the famous work of an American playwright, Eugene O'Neill. In 1936, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature that establishes him a reputation in the field of literature. Until now he has been the only American playwright who got the prize. The drama describes the pursuit of dreams of three young people in the American countryside in twentieth centu-ry.By analysis of the tragedy of Robert, Andrew and Ruth, the thesis aims to explore the cause of the tragedy and the tragic connota-tions embodied in the drama. By the study of the personalities of the three main characters, the author's experience and the back-ground of the times,we find that there are three major causes for the tragedy. First, each individual has their own flaws in personali-ties that bring them to a tragic end. Second, they are unable to meet the rapid change of times. Finally, the family is also a cause for their tragic fate. Besides, O'Neill displays the theme of conflict between dream and reality, and self-consciousness in the drama. The road to fulfill dreams in life is full of twists and turns. To realize our dreams, we need not only to overcome our cowardice, but also to adjust ourselves to the social environment and the surrounding environment.
