Morgue of the Misbegotten: O’Neill’s Pattern of Salvation in The Iceman Cometh by Mufeed F. Al-Abdullah

“…This paper analyzes Eugene O’Neill’s advocation of the impossibility of salvation or reformation on both societal and individual levels as dramatized in The Iceman Cometh. The method the playwright uses is to have a group of derelict characters gather in an isolated place and put them under the spell of a savior, Hickey, who aspires to shape their lives according to his own vision. …”
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