Strange Interlude | Topics for Further Study
• Are certain types of mental illness hereditary, as the play suggests, or was that an invention by O’Neill for dramatic purposes? Is heredity a factor in common mental illnesses such as depression? If heredity can contribute to mental illness, can this be predicted and prevented in individual cases?
• Write a short scene in which two people meet, perhaps on a first date. Use the technique of the aside, as O’Neill does in the play, to show the discrepancy between what each person is saying, and what he or she is thinking.
• Why is Sam Evans the character in the...
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