The portrayal of the ideal male in selected works of Eugene O'Neill

dc.contributor.authorDriedger, Benjamin Albert
dc.contributor.supervisorHawkins, Maureen
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-23T20:45:51Z
dc.date.available2013-01-23T20:45:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.degree.grantorMasters
dc.descriptionvi, 106 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractA woman’s choice between a starry-eyed dreamer and a pragmatic businessman ends in disaster. This situation is a motif in the works of Eugene O’Neill, and examining its occurrences in Beyond the Horizon, The Great God Brown, Strange Interlude and Long Day’s Journey into Night sheds light on the “seeker”(the starry-eyed dreamer)and “provider” (pragmatic businessman) characters in O’Neill’s work as well as his understanding of what women believe is the “Ideal Male.” Through his work, O’Neill questions whether women really want a seeker or a provider and, perhaps, would prefer a father instead. Nietzsche, Laing, Lao Tzu, and Frazer are all used to help ground this study of why exactly O’Neill’s women and men seem to get caught up in this cycle that often leaves both sexes dead or insane.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3238
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of English, c2012en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Englishen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectO'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 -- Charactersen_US
dc.subjectO'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 -- Criticism and interpretationen_US
dc.subjectMen in literatureen_US
dc.subjectMasculinity in literatureen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleThe portrayal of the ideal male in selected works of Eugene O'Neillen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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