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Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape: An Expressionistic Study

Expressionism is an important literary movement in 20th-century literary history. It originated in painting and then influenced novel, poetry and drama and sweeps quickly through Russia, Sweden, Czeck, Germany and America etc.

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But it made the greatest achievement in drama. Eugene O’Neill is the most outstanding representative of expressionist dramatists in the United States of America. The Hairy Ape is the representative of his expressionist plays. The protagonist of the play, Yank, is a stoker on a liner.

He is considered the "most highly developed individual" because of his strength and superiority. Yank is also satisfied with his present condition.

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However, his encounter with Douglas Mildred, the daughter of the liner’s owner’s, who labels Yank as "the filthy beast," destroys his inner calmness. Yank feels insulted in his heart. Since then, he starts his painful experience of seeking his "belonging" and social identity.