Anna Christie (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1923
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Johnny the Priest’s saloon, New York City, and Provincetown harbor
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Abused persons, Gender roles, New York City, Prostitution or prostitutes, 1910’s, Fathers, Sailing or sailors, Sweden or Swedish people
- Locales: New York, NY, Northeast (U.S.)
Characters Discussed
Anna Christopherson, a girl abandoned by her seagoing father and, after the death of her mother, reared by farmer relatives in Minnesota. She is a buxom, attractive girl who learns from farm boys the facts of life. In St. Louis, she becomes a prostitute. She goes to New York to join her father, who now is skipper of a coal barge. When her father fights a man who has resolved to get Anna for his own, Anna realizes that men regard women as their property. At the end, Anna, her father, and her lover are reconciled, and Anna is to be married at last.
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Eugene O’Neill (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Eugene O’Neill (Dictionary of World Biography)Eugene O’Neill (Censorship)Eugene O’Neill (Identities and Issues)Eugene O’Neill (Drama)
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