Methods of Characterization in The Hairy Ape

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was born in New York City, an Irish American parent, on 16th October 1888. His mother Ella O'Neill had kept, and the high society (Sheaffer 15) came from a prosperous Cleveland family. His father, James O'Neal, was from a poor family, was an actor, later synonymous with Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo, and played over 3000 times (Sheaffer 8). Fearing poverty, James continues to work and is constantly trying to become rich, such as buying and selling real estate.

In the play of Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape, two people play an important role in the play. They are long with paddy fields. Long and Paddy are Ocean Liner firefighters. They all have heavy accents, but express their complex ideas through drama dialogue. Thanks to its characteristics, people have seen how the Industrial Revolution has influenced the two different aspects of the staff life at the time. Paddy only appeared in the two scenes of The Hairy Ape, but he is an important element of the play. Paddy fields are old Irish men, like to drink a lot of alcohol, especially when drunk is focused on past philosophy and past talks. Paddy can be regarded as the oldest male among people on the ship because he was doing more firefighter work than he explained his life with Clippers (pg 1122)

Eugene O'Neill 's The Hairy Ape game is centered around Bob Smith or Yank, and the Atlantic cross liner firefighter once said it was very painful. Young who grew up in an unstable family generally feel hatred in society as a whole and is desperately desperate. First, because the young father was abused, he was forced to escape after his son's mother's death. Yank also explained that his parents had been fighting as they normally hurt furniture.