There is allot to be said about modern literature. Many find the strangeness of these poems and stories to be what draws them in the most. It has been extremely fascinating to read these works of art. Some are love stories, stories about a character finding themselves, murder, and then you get to Eugene O’Neil, and you have entered into this other land. His plays are magnificent. He has truly brought his plays to life. Over the past week in our class we have gotten on a personal level with Eugene. His childhood up in-till his death. O’Neil was a true writer and you can see this in his plays. He brought in personal feelings and experiences and this makes his plays so interesting. You can almost find something to relate to. Back when O’Neil was writing his plays the world saw families to be perfect, without blemish and no anger within its walls. O’Neil made the reality of what families really are like, and put them out there for the world to see. At times when some of his plays were put on in a theater he would have the audience in tears. One time when “Long Days Journey into Night” was first acted out at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm’s, Sweden, when the curtains fell at the last scene the crowd was silent for what seemed to be hours, ending with a standing applause. It was one of the greatest plays of the time.O’Neil was a interesting person to understand. Not even his wife understood him at times. But it was his love and passion that captures the readers and draws them into his works.
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