... develop the dramatic stages of a kind of continuing "quest." O'Neill struggled with the problems of his individual life, of his family, and of his times (with what he calls "the sickness of today"). And these personal struggles have also seemed to recapitulate the universal problems of man's "long journey" through all times and places. The tragedy of his life is related ... and physical." This was cause by his Irish immigrant ancestry and theatrical heritage. Both of these groups were considered alien and outcast during his time. An even deeper feeling of spiritual rootlessness resulted...

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