Women in Patriarchal Society - Heroine Image Interpretation in Long Day's Journey into Night

摘要

Eugene O Neill is one of the most famous playwrights in the 20th century. In his plays, he depicted multiple women images, and among them, heroine Mary's image is the most typical in drama Long Day's Journey into Night, which is the known representative masterpiece of Eugene O Neill. From Mary's three social roles: daughter, wife and mother, this paper respectively interprets the images of Mary in the drama.