Hairy_Ape

Hairy Ape The Hairy Ape Throughout “The Hairy Ape” Eugene O’Neill manages to incorporate three very different elements into the play write. Each of these elements, expressionism, realism, and symbolism are sometimes combined as one, or expressed alone to place more emphasis on a particular event. Realism can be seen in many scenes throughout the play, but especially the aspect of the industrialization of the workers. All of these men are almost seen as programmed to do their job, with out showing many emotions and also lacking much thought, like an “ape”. This was a very realistic approach in objectifying their common, average, everyday routine. None of these men are required to have much thought, but purely a strong caliber for physical work. The firemen are at one point even said to be “ape” like, as Paddy is described “extremely monkey-like”. As these men work harder and longer, they are being stripped from reality and moving closer very, ape, yank, life, different, seen, play, one, much, mildred, men, work, throughout, thought, status, realism, point, hairy, experiences, even, elements, classes, zoo, write, workers, views, understand, type, two, touch, three, symbolism, structure, strong, stripped, state