The Past, Heart-warming yet Regretful

Taking a journey through a human being’s past can bring warmth and happiness to the heart, and yet it can also be wounding and bring disappointment. The past plays many roles, and one in particular, is being a burden. The mind revisits our past decisions and wonders whether we could have used more prudent judgment. Distressed situations could be minimized if we could relive our pasts and change them. As humans, we also find ourselves yearning to revive the glory days of our past, and we waste time in the present days whining about how wonderful those days were and how we miss them terribly. In the sorrowful play, “Long Day’s Journey into Night” written by Eugene O'Neill, the symbolic Tyrone family of Mary, James, Jamie, and Edmund find themselves wandering through their pasts and causing a decaying effect on the present.

James Tyrone, the Irish father, is deeply wounded from the unfortunate state of his family, which happens to be partly his fault. James grew up in an underprivileged Irish family that emigrated from the homeland, and sadly they struggled to keep from starving. James’ father left his family to return to I

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