Significance of Fog in Long Days Journey into Night Eugene by ONeill

grand Days Journey The Significance of sully (8)A Long Days Journey Into dark, by Eugene ONeill, is a deeply autobiographical see. His bread and butter was rampant with confusion and dependances in his family. Each character in this incline has a profound resemblance, and draws par everyels and connections with a member of his own family. The long journey that the title of the play refers to is a journey into his sometime(prenominal). Fog is a recurring metaphor in the play it is a physical presence even before it becomes a significant symbol of the familys impenetrable confusion. It is referred to in the text as healthful as stage shootions in this play. It sets the mood for the play in all its somber hues. He uses the becloud outside the house as an atmospheric element that has an ominous presence throughout this play. His pargonnts and the surroundings that he grew up in were tainted by broken dreams, lies, disease, past issues, alcoholism and do drugs addiction. The re was this web of night and fogginess that encased his life and past that is portrayed in this play as well as others by ONeill. The symbolic implications of fog in the play are descriptive of the agitate in the minds of this deeply conflicted family. The significance of fog in ONeills writing can be examined in two forms. The for the first time is what type of emblematic quality does the fog provide in this play, and the number is what are other plays in which ONeill has used fog in a similar way.This play takes place through an entire solar day where the climate mirrors the mood of the family. The play begins at 830 in the sunrise with a trace of fog in the air, and concludes sometime after(prenominal) midnight, with the house foghorn. (Brustein 1020). The intensity of the fog continuously increases throughout the day, directly correlating to the cloudiness in the household. The familys mood significantly intensifies with the intensity of the fog. There are copious conne ctions between the life of the fog and that of the Tyrone family. All throughout the play there is a conflict between past vs. present, truth vs. lies, and addiction vs. sobriety. This family lives amidst a haze of denial and as the fog stay puts thicker, they continue to get further lost.The fog has a polarity that directly relates to Mary, the mood changing from sunny cheer over Marys apparent convalescence to gloomy despair over her new descent into hell (Brustein 1020). The fog is fi... ...n clarities. The fog is created out of pain in order to dilute clarity. The individuals in this play needed to escape themselves but didnt succeed. ONeill expresses the very(prenominal) fear of truth and uses the imagery of fog in The iceman Cometh. The Iceman Cometh is written in the same time period as Long Days Journey Into Night, and is a parallel in the struggle of the past vs. present. The use of the fog imagery is not as direct in this play, but there are subtle mentions of fog in the play, such as the gray subdued light of early morning in a narrow street (ONeill 660). This grayness is almost equal to the morning that the Tyrone family experiences after being awakened by the foghorns. Both stories drop a line the gloom and dreariness of these characters and their lives. The imagery of fog wasnt as declamatory in the rest of his plays.ONeill had a great amount of hullabaloo in his life and the Long Days Journey Into Night story reflected perfectly the fogginess and daze he lived through. His dark life experiences have given him a rich, emotionally charged place, from which to write. The fog serves as a tool to paint the dreary picture and symbolize this darkness through his plays.