Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2016

The Consequence of Psychological Imbalances in O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night

Sabreen Fathima

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 Long Day’s Journey into Night is an autobiographical drama with strong Freudian overtone. The story revolves around four characters; Father James Tyrone, Mother Mary and the two sons Jamie and Edmund. The members of the family are under the firm grip of their subconscious mind. The Psychoanalytical formulations of Freud in the drama are made apparent in the article. The Oedipus complex, the repercussion of a repressive psyche within each character is highlighted. The dramatist finds himself in the character of Edmund, who is suffering from Tuberculosis and is admitted in a sanatorium. The intransigence in the family leads to constant blameworthiness, anger, depression and repression. An attempt is made to analyze the psychic state of the characters. The author has made an effort to integrate his subconscious and the conscious self. He has tried to relive his past through this play as an act of selfpsychoanalyzing.

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Sabreen Fathima The Consequence of Psychological Imbalances in O¥Neill¥s Long Day¥s Journey into NightGlobal Journal For Research Analysis, Volume : 5 | Issue : 7|July 2016

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