... society and he lives the experience, therefore "the playwright of family life have digested the experience; have made sense out of it for the world of the play."11 In this respect, dramatists such as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams exposed the raw tensions of the American family, and confronted problems of the lost individual in an industrial and mechanized society through statements ... of psychological and spiritual displacements, loss of connections, loneliness and self-deception. In general terms, the world of American family drama shows a concern for family fa...

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