The author does not like the ways of the Victorian times and its patriarchal society and dees not waste any time with 'thoroughly British dissatisfaction' the author sets the scene early on with the estate agent when he describes the house to family and sets the image of a typical Victorian family with George being the head of the house, provides for the family brings the money in and makes all important decisions, the wife knows exactly what her role in the family is having to beg 'George to see about getting a nice house in the town for season' although she does go on...

• Word Count: 1318
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

You can see nothing but brown earth as far as the eye can see, unless the cotton is in season. ... Suddenly, he and his brother heard a man shriek. ... Swiftly, my grandmother scolded them, noting the importance of having dinner ready in time for my grandfather. ... What more could a man ask for. ... This was all dependent on my father maintaining passing grades in all his classes. ...

• Word Count: 1550
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

So, she insists they all stick together. ... All of these foreshadow the future. ... After Tom's little sister, Ruthie informs neighborhood children that her brother has killed a man before, it is agreed Tom must go far away. ... The following morning, both families leave for the cotton fields, as they know that this will be the end of work for the season. ... Rosasharn then nods her head, and agrees to allow the man to drink the milk from her breasts. ...

• Word Count: 1730
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Each is more then just a heavy drinker, they are well seasoned alcoholics. ... They all are to blame and yet no one is too blame. ... In a particularly vicious note, O'Neill even wrote that when under the influence of morphine, she could change from a vain, happy chattering girlishness to a hard, cynical, sneering, bitterness of biting cruelty, with a crass vulgarity in it."" ... Throughout the play there is a constant battle going on at all times. ... Destruction is what the Tyrone family is all about. ...

• Word Count: 2767
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School