Project Gutenberg 2003-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 1450 O'Neill, Eugene 1888 1953 O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Eugene G. (Eugene Gladstone) The Hairy Ape Produced by Charles Franks, Robert Rowe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Hairy Ape" by Eugene O'Neill is a play written in the early 20th century that delves into themes of identity, class struggle, and the search for belonging. Centered around the character Robert Smith, known as "Yank," the narrative explores the life of coal stokers aboard a transatlantic liner, juxtaposed against the opulence of the upper class, which is epitomized by the character Mildred Douglas. As Yank grapples with his identity and feeling of alienation, the play offers a critical examination of the human condition and societal divisions. The opening of the play introduces us to the stokehole of the ship, where Yank and his fellow workers live and work in squalor and camaraderie. The scene is filled with chaotic energy, underscoring the oppressive environment and the men’s need to drown their despair in alcohol and bravado. Yank emerges as a powerful figure among the stokers, consumed by pride in his physical strength as he sees himself as essential to the ship’s operation. The scene unveils the stark contrast between Yank’s raw, animalistic vigor and the disdainful barrier represented by Mildred, who later observes the firemen and recoils in horror at Yank’s brute appearance. This encounter sets in motion Yank's journey of existential questioning as he strives to assert his place in a world that seems to reject him. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Social classes -- Drama New York (N.Y.) -- Drama Unskilled labor -- Drama PS Text One Act Plays Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 130067 128252 2024-10-02T10:52:40.858225 2023-10-02T09:28:45.375566 text/html text/html 126036 2020-12-27T16:51:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 46252 2020-12-27T16:51:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 107780 2024-10-02T10:52:45.714212 application/epub+zip 108822 2024-10-02T10:52:42.620225 application/epub+zip 108821 2024-10-02T10:52:41.484223 application/epub+zip 198391 2024-10-02T10:52:47.884433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 187403 2024-10-02T10:52:45.031239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159541 2022-09-02T12:44:05.345279 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110038 109934 2024-10-02T10:52:40.319246 2023-10-02T09:28:44.968583 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 109961 2020-12-27T16:51:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 44223 2020-12-27T16:51:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20547 2024-10-02T10:52:48.017182 application/rdf+xml 10375 2024-10-02T10:52:42.027224 image/jpeg 2874 2024-10-02T10:52:41.755349 image/jpeg 104518 2024-10-02T10:52:40.869311 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia