Long Days Journey into Night: Character Analysis

In this es scan I shall be examining deuce characters and their actions and spots in the book I shall as comfortably be comparing the deuce characters and examining their relationship with virtuoso an otherwise(a). I deal chosen to examine Jamie and Edmund.Jamie is considered a failure by our standards he was neglected as a nipper by his parents and never loved. He has become an alcoholic, same(p) his fuck off, and has no prospects for the future. He is often described as a whoremonger as he resorts to brothels to discharge up for the lack of love he receives at home. He is fiendish for killing his brother Eugene who died as a baby from illness.Edmund has been ill since he was born(p) and this is often blamed on Jamie. He is the child born after Eugene and is mollycoddled by his mother, Mary who is afraid to let him go. He is tooth root to become an alcoholic by means of his brothers bad influence. He is Eugene ONeills double in the play, and has sailed round the world simply is now sick with consumption, even though he has no more than lines than eachone else the play tends to revolve approximately him with it climaxing at the forgiveness of his sustain and brother for all the bad things he has do to him. Both Jamie and Edmund are deeply aware of their mothers drug problem.Read also Analysis of Characters in Flannery OConnors The Life You Save whitethorn Be Your OwnThe first point I am addressing with Jamie is his role as a failure. During the book Jamie is constantly portrayed as a failure and as a scapegoat for peoples problems, meaning that he is not actually as bigger failure as he is portrayed. He is ashamed of his footing in flavor, and he is forced to work for his father, doing jobs around the house. Mary sums this up with Poor Jamie How he hates working in the bearing where ein truthone bunghole see him. He is also following in his fathers footsteps by having far too much pride and caring what the more well off people think of h im Poor Jamie He bent or so backwards so they (the Chatfields well off family) wouldnt see him.Jamies failure is end slightly blamed upon himself when in fact his parents neglect of him resorts him not to succeed in life.His mother, the most important to him considers him to be a big let cut to the family who would of pattern that Jamie would grow up to disgrace us.On the other hand Edmund is some what succeeding in life compared to his brother, he has sailed around the world and his only stunt is that he is always ill. It is felt through turn up the book that he is beginning to fail in life and follow in his brothers footsteps. He is similar to his brother in ways, but one difference is that Edmund is spoilt by his mother and she tends to flap if she suspects Edmund is severely Ive been so worried ever since youve been sick. This shows how Mary grants her children little immunity and independence, by the fact that if Edmund is ever to be sick he tell aparts he can always r un to his mother, if Mary had left things peradventure Edmund would be onward from home and might be succeeding in life.Edmund has always been sick and has never really come to terms with this Thats foolishness you know its only a cold. This is a good point on Edmunds half because with this confidence he should be able to act like a normal healthy man and go out into the large-minded world but his mothers grasp on him stops him from doing so.Jamie on the other hand is not as mollycoddled by his mother as Edmund and chooses his immunity to get drunk and spend all his money on whores. His father has an alcohol problem and Jamie does only what he knows and has also resorted to drink, like his father. His father is quite a hypocrite by locking up the whiskey so Jamie cant drink and become an alcoholic, but is happy to be one himself. Jamie also resorts to going to brothels to try and gain some love from whores, by paying them, they are referred to as the fat burlesque queens. It ca n be said that Jamie lacks ambition in life and is happy to dispel his days in the bar and at the burlesque house. Summed up by loftier dreams than whores and whiskey.Edmund through out the play intents like he doesnt have his father to turn to in times of necessity so he resorts to Jamie, and also Jamie acts as a father predict when he feels the need to Listen, kid. You know me Ive never lectured you, but Doc hardy was rightIt is thought that Jamie is trying to bring Edmund shore in life like him maybe in order to counterbalance his failure, and Jamie acts like a replacement to Tyrone.Jamie is very sarcastic in the play and jumps at any chance to give a sly comment to try and bring down any form of happiness that the family might have another shot in the arm. This is to do with the fact Jamie doesnt understand and he his only ploughshare is purely sarcasm.During the play the different stage directions help to show us what the characters are like.Jamies sarcasm is portrayed w ith stage directions such as (maliciously) (looks away guilty) (dryly) (sneering) and JAMIE takes one look at the bottle and glasses and smiles cynically. His temper causes conflict within the family where his parents are to blame for their nurturing of his personality.The stage directions for Edmund show him to be disheartend and gloomy (gloomy) (disturbed) (ignoring this). He is Nave at times and acts as if he is not hard done by even though he is treated badly.The stage directions in the play help to add discernment to the characters and make them appear more human in the text and gives the characters more credibility as real people.The rotations of characters are also important to see how the characters interact. The rotation between Jamie and his father, Tyrone, shows how likes repel each other as their views conflict Tyrone The less you say about Edmunds sickness the better for your conscience. Jamie is made to feel like hes to blame for Edmunds sickness even though it coul d be down to Tyrones neglect.The rotation between Jamie and Edmund shows Jamie out to be a father figure to Edmund I love your guts, Id do anything for you this shows Jamie out to be the father Edmund has never had but Jamie often resorts to the ways of his father What are you trying to do, excite me? Dont play the wise guy with meIn conclusion we can say that Jamie is doing exactly what his father is doing, even though he dislikes his fathers stance in life. We can also say that through each others actions Jamie and Edmund draw out each others strengths and weaknesses.