Critique of capitalist ideology in O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night

Abstract

This dissertation explores the suffering of Tyrone and victimization of bourgeoning capitalism under capitalistic society of Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey into Night”. This research mainly depicts upon the ideological concern of capitalism, the ideology which falsely takes place in the mind of individual in an illusionary way. Tyrone family and especially James Tyrone has become the victim of ideology of Capitalism and American dream. Capitalism always objectifies the individual in such way where individual is always forced to become concrete representation. Hence, the research critiques objectification and suppression against individual by capitalistic ideology that values material benefits over an individual.