Long Day’s Journey into Night (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Revised Third Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1912
- Setting: The Tyrones’ summer house, New London, Connecticut
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Acting or actors, Memory, Parents and children, 1910’s, New England, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Drug addiction or addicts, Life, philosophy of, Morphine
- Locales: New London, CT
Characters Discussed
James Tyrone, who is sixty-five years old but looks ten years younger. This strikingly handsome, vital man is based on the playwright’s father, James Tyrone, a popular actor. Of Irish peasant stock, this character has never been sick and is impatient with those who are, like his wife and younger son. Because of his poverty-stricken youth, he is incredibly stingy, compulsively turning off light bulbs and reluctant to pay for anything except the cheapest goods and services, except when he is investing in land. His stinginess has brought on the play’s...
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