The use of obsessions and delusions as a tragic device in the major plays of Eugene O'Neill

<p>This introductory chapter contains definitions of obsessions and delusions, and examines the validity of these ideas as tragic devices. It discusses obsessions from the point of view of Freud and Jung.</p><p>The major plays of Eugene O’Neill have been divided into three psychological types: the first type we shall call the statement-of-the-problem plays; the second, the simple anima plays; the third, the complex anima plays. These terms and divisions will be explained as we proceed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

1942

Author dc:creator

• Thomas, Ruth Bartlett

Contributors dc:contributor

• Clair C. Olson

• O'Neill
• Eugene
• 1888-1953;University of the Pacific Dissertations
• Arts and Humanities
• English Language and Literature
• Playwriting
• Theatre and Performance Studies

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• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

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https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/331

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oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1330