现代美国悲剧的奠基人尤金.奥尼尔在其表现主义戏剧创作中,大胆尝试象征、面具、内心独白、神秘主义等多种表现主义写作手法,突破陈旧约束,以大量鲜活的人物性格,揭示出在当时的美国社会中,人物失去自我,逃避现实的无奈与悲哀。 Eugene O’Neill, the founder of the modern American tragedy, boldly tries to find expressionist masks such as symbolism, masks, inner monologues and mysticism in her dramatic drama creation, breaks through the obsolete constraints and reveals a large number of vivid characters In the American society at that time, the characters lost themselves and escaped the reality of helplessness and sadness.