EugeneONeillrevised1.docx

EugeneONeillrevised1.docx

《EugeneONeillrevised1.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《EugeneONeillrevised1.docx（34页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

EugeneONeillrevised1

LectureEugeneO’Neill

1.Backgroundquestions:

1）WhoisthefounderofAmericanmoderndrama?

Pleaselisthisimportantworks.

2）Whatisexpressionism?

3）WhatcontributiondidEugeneO’NeillmaketoAmericantheater?

2.SelectedReading:

anexcerptfromLongDay’sJourneyintoNight

Pre-readingquestions:

1）Whatmightbealongday’sjourneyforafamily?

Whatmightthephrase“longday’sjourney

intonight”imply?

2）Whatimpactcanparentshaveontheirchildren?

Text

ActFour

SCENEThesame.Itisaroundmidnight.Thelampinthefronthallhasbeenturnedout,sothatnownolightshinesthroughthefrontparlor.Inthelivingroomonlythereadinglamponthetableislighted.Outsidethewindowsthewalloffogappearsdenserthanever.Asthecurtainrises,thefoghornisheard,followedbytheships'bellsfromtheharbor.

Tyroneisseatedatthetable.Hewearshispince-nez1andisplayingsolitaire.Hehastakenoffhiscoatandhasonanoldbrowndressinggown.Thewhiskeybottleonthetrayisthree-quartersempty.Thereisafreshfullbottleonthetable,whichhehasbroughtfromthecellarsotherewillbeanamplereserveonhand.Heisdrunkandshowsitbytheowlish,deliberatemannerinwhichhepeersateachcardtomakecertainofitsidentity,andthenplaysitasifhewasn'tcertainofhisaim.Hiseyeshaveamisted,oilylookandhismouthisslack.Butdespiteallthewhiskeyinhim,hehasnotescaped,andhelooksasheappearedatthecloseofthepreceedingact,asad,defeatedoldman,possessedbyhopelessresignation.

Asthecurtainrises,hefinishesagameandsweepsthecardstogether.Heshufflesthemclumsily,droppingacoupleonthefloor.Heretrievesthemwithdifficulty,andstartstoshuffleagain,whenhehearssomeoneenteringthefrontdoor.Hepeersoverhispince-nez1throughthefrontparlor.

TYRONE[hisvoicethick]Who'sthat?

Isityou,Edmund?

[Edmund'svoiceanswerscurtly,“Yes.”Thenheevidentlycollideswithsomethinginthedarkhallandcanbeheardcursing.Amomentlaterthehalllampisturnedon.Tyronefrownsandcalls.]Turnthatlightoutbeforeyoucomein.

[ButEdmunddoesn't.Hecomesinthroughthefrontparlor.Heisdrunknow,too,butlikehisfatherhecarriesitwell,andgiveslittlephysicalsignofitexceptinhiseyesandachip-on-the-shoulderaggressivenessinhismanner.Tyronespeaks,atfirstwithawarm,relievedwelcome.]

I'mgladyou'vecome,lad.I'vebeendamnedlonely.[thenresentfully]You'reafineonetorunawayandleavemetositalonehereallnightwhenyouknow—[withsharpirritation]Itoldyoutoturnoutthatlight!

We'renotgivingaball.There'snoreasontohavethehouseablazewithelectricityatthistimeofnight,burningupmoney!

EDMUND[angrily]Ablazewithelectricity!

Onebulb!

Hell,every-onekeepsalightoninthefronthalluntiltheygotobed.[Herubshiskness.]Idamnednearbustedmykneeonthehatstand.

TYRONEThelightfromhereshowsinthehall.Youcouldseeyourwaywellenoughifyouweresober.

EDMUNDIfIwassober?

Ilikethat!

TYRONEIdon'tgiveadamnwhatotherpeopledo.Iftheywanttobewastefulfools,forthesakeofshow,letthembe!

EDMUNDOnebulb!

Christ,don'tbesuchacheapskate!

I'veprovedbyfiguresifyouleftthelightbulbonallnightitwouldn'tbeasmuchasonedrink!

TYRONETOhellwithyourfigures!

TheproofisinthebillsIhavetopay!

EDMUND[sitsdownoppositehisfather—contemptuously]Yes,factsdon'tmeanathing,dothey?

Whatyouwanttobelieve,that'stheonlytruth!

[derisively]ShakespearewasanIrishCatholic,forexample.

TYRONE[stubbornly]Sohewas.Theproofisinhisplays.EDMUNDWellhewasn't,andthere'snoproofofitinhisplays,excepttoyou!

[jeeringly]TheDukeofWellington,therewasanothergoodIrishCatholic!

TYRONEIneversaidhewasagoodone.HewasarenegadebutaCatholicjustthesame.

EDMUNDWell,hewasn't.YoujustwanttobelievenoonebutanIrishCatholicgeneralcouldbeatNapoleon.TYRONEI'mnotgoingtoarguewithyou.Iaskedyoutoturnoutthatlightinthehall.

EDMUNDIheardyou,andasfarasI'mconcerneditstayson.

TYRONENoneofyourdamnedinsolence!

Areyougoingtoobeymeornot?

EDMUNDNot!

Ifyouwanttobeacrazymiserputitoutyourself!

TYRONE[withthreateninganger]Listentome!

I'veputupwithalotfromyoubecausefromthemadthingsyou'vedoneattimesI'vethoughtyouweren'tquiterightinyourhead.I'veexcusedyouandneverliftedmyhandtoyou.Butthere'sastrawthatbreaksthecamel'sback.You'llobeymeandputoutthatlightor,bigasyouare,I'llgiveyouathrashingthat'llteachyou—!

[SuddenlyheremembersEdmund'sillnessandinstantlybecomesguiltyandshamefaced.]Forgiveme,lad.Iforgot—Youshouldn'tgoadmeintolosingmytemper.

EDMUND[ashamedhimselfnow]Forgetit,Papa.Iapologize,too.Ihadnorightbeingnastyaboutnothing.Iamabitsoused,Iguess.I'llputoutthedamnedlight.[Hestartstogetup.]

TYRONENo,staywhereyouare.Letitburn.[Hestandsupabruptly—andabitdrunkenly—andbeginsturningonthethreebulbsinthechandelier,withachildish,bitterlydramaticself-pity.]

We'llhavethemallon!

Letthemburn!

Tohellwiththem!

Thepoorhouseistheendoftheroad,anditmightaswellbesooneraslater!

[Hefinishesturningonthelights.]

EDMUND[haswatchedthisproceedingwithanawakenedsenseofhumor——nowhegrins,teasingaffectionately]That'sagrandcurtain.[Helaughs.]You'reawonder,Papa.

TYRONE[sitsdownsheepishly—grumblespathetically]That'sright,laughattheoldfool!

Thepooroldham!

Butthefinalcurtainwillbeinthepoorhousejustthesame,andthat'snotcomedy!

[ThenasEdmundisstillgrinning,hechangesthesubject.]Well,well,let'snotargue.You'vegotbrainsinthatheadofyours,thoughyoudoyourbesttodenythem.You'lllivetolearnthevalueofadollar.You'renotlikeyourdamnedtrampofabrother.I'vegivenuphopehe'llevergetsense.Whereishe,bytheway?

EDMVNDHOWwouldIknow?

TYRONEIthoughtyou'dgonebackuptowntomeethim.

EDMUNDNo.Iwalkedouttothebeach.Ihaven'tseenhimsincethisafternoon.

TYRONEWell,ifyousplitthemoneyIgaveyouwithhim,likeafool——

EDMVNDSureIdid.He'salwaysstakedmewhenhehadanything.

TYRONEThenitdoesn'ttakeasoothsayertotellhe'sprobablyinthewhorehouse.

EDMUNDWhatofitifheis?

Whyhot?

TYRONE[contemptuously]Whynot,indeed.It'sthefitplaceforhim.Ifhe'severhadaloftierdreamthanwhoresandwhiskey,he'snevershownit.

EDMUNDOh,forPete'ssake,Papa!

Ifyou'regoingtostartthatstuff,I'llbeatit.[Hestartstogetup.]

TYRONE[placatingly]Allfight,allfight,I'llstop.Godknows,tdon'tlikethesubjecteither.Willyoujoinmeinadrink?

EDMUNDAh!

Nowyou'retalking!

TYRONE[passesthebottletohim—mechanically]I'mwrongtotreatyou.You'vehadenough

already.

EDMUND[pouringabigdrink—-abitdrunkenly]Enoughisnotasgoodasafeast.[Hehands

backthebottle.]

TYROMEIt'stoomuchinyourcondition.

EDMUNDForgetmycondition!

[Heraiseshisglass.]Here'show.

TYRONEDrinkhearty.[Theydrink.]Ifyouwalkedallthewaytothebeachyoumustbedampandchilled.

EDMUNDOh,IdroppedinattheInnonthewayoutandback.

TYRONEIt'snotanightI'dpickforalongwalk.

EDMUNDIlovedthefog.ItwaswhatIneeded.[Hesoundsmoretipsyandlooksit.]

TYRONEYOUshouldhavemoresensethantorisk—

EDMUNDTohellwithsense!

We'reallcrazy.Whatdowewantwithsense?

[HequotesfromDowsonsardonicaUy.2]

“Theyarenotlong,theweepingandthelaughter,

Loveanddesireandhate:

Ithinktheyhavenoportioninusafter

Wepassthegate.

Theyarenotlong,thedaysofwineandroses:

Outofamistydream

Ourpathemergesforawhile,thencloses

Withinadream.”

[staringbeforehim]ThefogwaswhereIwantedtobe.Halfwaydownthepathyoucan'tSeethishouse.You'dneverknowitwashere.Oranyoftheotherplacesdowntheavenue.Icouldn'tseebutafewfeetahead.Ididn'tmeetasoul.Everythinglookedandsoundedunreal.Nothingwaswhatitis.That'swhatIwanted—tobealonewithmyselfinanotherworldwheretruthisuntrueandlifecanhidefromitself.Outbeyondtheharbor,wheretheroadrunsalongthebeach,Ievenlostthefeelingofbeingonland.Thefogandtheseaseemedpartofeachother.Itwaslikewalkingonthebottomofthesea.AsifIhaddrownedlongago.AsifIwasaghostbelongingtothefog,andthefogwastheghostofthesea.Itfeltdamnedpeacefultobenothingmorethanaghostwithinaghost.[Heseeshisfatherstaringathimwithmingledworryandirritateddisapproval.Hegrinsmockingly.]Don'tlookatmeasifI'dgonenutty.I'mtalkingsense.Whowantstoseelifeasitis,iftheycanhelpit?

It'sthethreeGorgons3inone.Youlookintheirfacesandturntostone.Orit'sPan.4Youseehimandyoudie—thatis,insideyou—andhavetogoonlivingasaghost.

TYRONV.[impressedandatthesametimerevolted]Youhaveapoetinyoubutit'sadamnedmorbidone!

[forcingasmile]Deviltakeyourpessimism.Ifeellow-spiritedenough.[Hesighs.]Whycan'tyourememberyourShakespeareandforgetthethird-raters.You'llfindwhatyou'retryingtosayinhim—asyou'llfindevery-thingelseworthsaying.[Hequotes,usinghisfinevoice.]“Wearesuchstuffasdreamsaremadeon,andourlittlelifeisroundedwithasleep.”5

EDMUND[ironically]Fine!

That'sbeautiful.ButIwasn'ttryingtosaythat.Wearesuchstuffasmanureismadeon,solet'sdrinkupandforgetit.That'smoremyidea.

TYRONE[disgustedly]Ach!

Keepsuchsentiment