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Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 Eugene O'Neill and His Long Day's Journey into Night
1.2 Tennessee Williams and His the Glass Menagerie
1.3 Literature Review and the Objective of this Paper
Chapter Two THE SIMILAR TRAGIC CHARACTERS
2.1 Parallel Arrangement of Characters
2.2 Complex Family Characters' Portrayal
2.2.1 Two Mothers: Victimizers and Victims
2.2.2 Two Fathers: Victimizers and Victims
2.2.3 Jamie and Edmund VS Laura and Tom: Victimizers and Victims
2.2.4 Summary: A Group of Similar Tragic Characters
Chapter Three THE DIFFERENT PROSPECTS FOR THE ENDINGS
3.1 Explicit Difference in the Text Endings—“Midnight” and “Smile”
3.2 Two Implicit Differences in the Plot Development
3.2.1 Mary's “Hopeless Illusion” and Amanda's “Realism”
3.2.2 Doctor Hardy and Jim—“Demon” and “Rescuers”
3.3 Summary: Characters' Hopelessness and Hope
Chapter Four EXPLORATION OF THE CAUSES
4.1 The Causes for the Similarity of Tragic Characters
4.1.1 Influence from O'Neill and Williams' Similar Life Experience
4.1.2 Similar Autobiographic Subject about Family Tragedy
4.1.3 O'Neill and Williams' Similar Tragic Creative View—Focus on Human Spiritual World
4.2 Causes for the Difference for Drama Endings
4.2.1 O'Neill's Sublime Tragic View
4.2.2 Williams'Poetic Dramatic View
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
Bibliography
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