Setting

In O’Neil’s Long Day’s Journey into the Night the Tyrone’s house is haunted by the family’s past and present state. As the fog covers the area surrounding the home, a murky mood is set as well. The lives of the family members are shadows of the past, while Eugene, Mary’s son, long since past, leaves an indelible mark on the Tyrone’s souls. Through Eugene, and the other unfortunate circumstances of their pasts, the Tyrone’s house is haunted, all while their shelter has no characteristics of a true home. Mary Tyrone, haunts the family framework, but is also haunted herself. Edmund, referring to Mary once stated, “She’ll be nothing but a ghost haunting past by this time, back before I was borne.” Mary haunts the halls of the house carrying her dead wedding dress as if it was a dead body. The house is a shaken and contorted being, controlled by the people within it, as these people are troubled beyond all comprehension.