Abstract
This paper aims to study The Desire Under the Elms and The Emperor Jones as the pictures of conflict. The dramatist, O’Neill attempts to reveal the metaphorical expressions in the selected plays. These metaphorical expressions lead to the tragedy in modern American drama. The researchers use the qualitative method, the narrative analysis as the storytelling techniques. This study uses the conceptual metaphor theory by Lakoff and Johnson (1980-1988) to justify the metaphorical expressions in the plays of O'Neill to tackle the characters, the actions and plot in the plays mentioned above.
Highlights
This dramatist, O'Neill regards as a father and founder of modern American drama
O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms is considered the story of a widower, Ephraim Cabot and his sons Simeon, Peter and Eben
This play takes place on a farmhouse in New England (America). This play starts with Simon's and Peter's enthusiastic determination to go to a gold mining in California State
Summary
The introduction of this paper is to tackle the tragic themes in the plays of O'Neill. This dramatist, O'Neill regards as a father and founder of modern American drama. He addresses the conflict in the family in particular and the society in general. (O'Neill, 2019; Yandell, 2017) the central focus of these plays is to show the relationship among the family. O'Neill is influenced by the contemporary literary elements and the radical changes that take place in the first decades of the twentieth century.
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