The Iceman Cometh (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Summer, 1912
- Setting: Harry Hope’s Saloon in New York City
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: Values, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, New York City, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Guilt, 1910’s, Success or failure, Hallucinations or illusions, Life, philosophy of, Christ figures or saviors, Mortality, Sales personnel
- Locales: New York, NY
Characters Discussed
Harry Hope, the proprietor of a saloon and rooming house on the Lower West Side of New York City. He has been afflicted with agoraphobia since the death of his wife many years earlier. He hated her but cannot admit that he did, even to himself. With pretended reluctance, he gives his roomers free rent and free liquor. Like them, he is an alcoholic.
Ed Mosher, Hope’s brother-in-law, a former circus man and a roomer at Harry Hope’s.
Pat McGloin, a former police lieutenant and a roomer at Harry Hope’s.
Willie Oban, a Harvard Law...
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