critics

Question 1

what is the critique on the american dream

Answer 1

The Harvard Crimson notes that the play “challenges the uniquely American emphasis on ambition and moneymaking as the driving forces of life” asks yourself “At what price is the American dream achieved?”

Question 2

what is the critique of religion

Answer 2

John diggins argues tyrone embodies “pragmatic catholicism”
more abt social responsibility and control over fam than faith

Question 3

what is the critical view of fam dysfunction from MB

Answer 3

Michael billington= “dysfunction becomes both their prison and their identities”
depicts how fam is defined by their issues

Question 4

what is the other critical view of fam dysfunction

Answer 4

Harold bloom
sees fam caught in a “self-destructive cycle” where love and blame are inseperable

Question 5

what is a quote from Oneill for the personal nature of the play

Answer 5

” a play of old sorrow written in tears and blood” - Oneill

Question 6

what is another quote that shows oneills own fam relevance

Answer 6

Harold bloom
“less a work of fiction more of a confession”

Question 7

what is a quote for denial in the play

Answer 7

Harold Bloom
“Oneills most personal indictment of denial”

Question 8

what is a quote for language critic in the play

Answer 8

pointed out that tyrone fam talks alot but rarely communicated meaningfully
this is done through
monologues rather than dialogues
repititon of arguemetns
and contraditions and hypocricsy

Question 9

who are specific critics that comment on language

Answer 9

• ts elliot and virginia woolf
  they believe words are insufficient for genuine communication

Question 10

who is BM and what does she argue

Answer 10

Breenda murphy= “Oneills dialogue is a language of entrapment. THe more they talk the more they entagle themselves in a web of the past”