The Great God Brown | Style

Combining Realism and Expressionism
O’Neill combines elements of realism—a style that makes things look like they would in real life— and expressionism—a style that distorts things to look like they might come from the point of view of the characters—in The Great God Brown. Expressionistic plays often employ masks to either hide the characters’ inner emotions or reflect them. The masks used by the main characters in the play objectify the public images they want to portray and at the same time hide their inner psychological and emotional...

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