"2 Whether the American family resembles other families in the wide world or not is a matter of the American‟s concept of the family. ... "10 The American dramatist‟s concept of family is centered on his dream of the ideal family and his desire to make peace with it rather than understand it. ... "11 In this respect, dramatists such as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams exposed the raw tensions of the American family, and confronted problems of the lost individual in an industrial and mechanized society through statements of psychological and spirit...

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