1. Disintegration the Family in Desire Under the Elms
The crisis of family relationships can be summarized in family disintegration, marital conflicts and adjustments, status of women, parent-son clash and problems of children and youth. ... Usually, the plot lines become more realistic, and the description of the conflict arises from „ordinary‟ events in "ordinary" lives. ... In his plays, O'Neill has embodied the trends and conflicts of his own time; he rebels against the narrowness, mindedness, hypocrisy, crudeness of feelingness, and the materialistic short-sightedness of his age.16 Throughout his plays, O'Neill reflects the r...
- Word Count: 9352
- Approx Pages: 37
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School