美国著名戏剧家尤金·奥尼尔曾经说过:“戏剧于我意味着生活——生活的实质和生活的翻版……而生活本身即为抗争,通常又是失败的抗争;因为对于我们大多数人来说,内心深处的某些东西阻止我们实现自己的梦幻和欲望。”于是就注定要产生悲剧。奥尼尔这里所说的“生活”,无疑是指现实的生存空间,人与之打交道的社会。而“内心深处的某些东西”则为原始情欲。两者之间的冲突,构成奥尼尔笔下家庭悲剧的主线,通过对女性形象的塑造得到完整体现。 Eugene O’Neill, a famous American theater writer, once said: “Theater means to me life - the essence of life and the reproduction of life ... And life itself is the fight, and it is usually the struggle for failure; for most of us Something deep inside us prevents us from fulfilling our dreams and desires. ”So it was destined to produce tragedies. What O’Neal refers to here as “living” undoubtedly refers to the real living space and the society where people deal with it. The “heart of something” is the original passion. Conflicts between the two constitute the main tragedies of O’Neill’s family tragedies, which are fully reflected through the shaping of female images.