The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neill and Chinese Thoughts
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200709.046How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Eugene O’Neill, The Iceman Cometh, Chinese thought
- Abstract
In The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neill, alcohol, death, pipe dream and inner peace are the key words that appear frequently, which reflects O’Neill’s mindset of self-exploration in the face of social and psychological conflicts. Pipe dream is closely related to the Taoist idea that life is like a dream. Other Taoist ideas such as unity of opposites, transcendence is also shown in the drama. O’Neill’s attitude towards death is also highly consistent with the Zen view on life and death. Besides, ideas of anarchism and socialism are intertwined and collided violently, which reflects O’Neill’s attitude towards the communists. Inquiry into these elements will help us form a complete understanding of O’Neill and deepen our understanding in his Chinese complex.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xincun Huo PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07/09 TI - The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neill and Chinese Thoughts BT - Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 193 EP - 197 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200709.046 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200709.046 ID - Huo2020 ER -