CliffsNotes The Emperor Jones, The Hairy Ape & Mourning Becomes Electra

By Peter Clark

Subjects: Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, Literature, history and criticism

Description: Forces that they cannot understand or conquer drive O'Neill's characters. In the milieu of theater, the playwright brings these themes to their extremes. On symbolic and literal levels, these three plays expose the instincts and learned behaviors of humans and how they affect us in our search for a "spiritual place."