Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2020)

The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neill and Chinese Thoughts

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Xincun Huo
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Xincun Huo
Available Online 9 July 2020.
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10.2991/assehr.k.200709.046How to use a DOI?
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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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
9 July 2020
ISBN
978-94-6252-982-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200709.046How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 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/).

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