尤金·奥尼尔是美国20世纪最重要的戏剧家。因为早年的航海经历,其多部戏剧以大海为主要题材和象征物。大海意象深刻表现了奥尼尔对自身经历的怀念、对自由理想的追求及对现代人生存困境的思考与探索。 Eugene O’Neill is America’s most important 20th century playwright. Because of the early sailing experience, many of its plays are mainly the sea theme and symbol. The image of the sea profoundly expresses O’Neill’s memory of his own experience, the pursuit of the ideal of freedom and the thinking and exploration of the predicament of the modern people.