I read Long Day's Journey into Night over the weekend, and it was a good play. I do not know much about Eugene O'Neill, and I read that Edmund in the play is the young Eugene and that O'Neill meant the play to be semi-autobiographical. Hopelessness, breakdown of communication, and substance abuse are big themes in the play, and the play never really comes to a satisfactory conclusion. It seems that the Tyrone family is doomed to repeat their mistakes over and over and never climb out of their dysfunctional ways.
I made a comment about My Antonia that applies here. I understand the play and appreciate it, but it was not something I really enjoyed.
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