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eEEentially Che sare, a6 is rhe de6cription of Ehe u6een<br />
houge beyond i!, Tirc riu6anen in his b6k o,Neitt,s scenic<br />
I@gee', has EuggeBted thar a vergion of plan of rhis loom<br />
recuis in len seftin96 in differenr plays+helever o,Neill<br />
depicted a 6iddle,c]as6 livilg !om. He plop€lty nores .an<br />
autobioglaphicrl oligin of Chie scenic patteh,.<br />
This<br />
clearly reveal€ thaE how ruch O,Neilt uaE obsesEed by rhe<br />
lire he had Epent in rhis hou6e and how nuch lhe evenrs and<br />
happeninss in the house lEd eff€cted hi6 p6yche,<br />
In cieating the Miller giEEing rm in rhe play o,Neilt<br />
made his fileE dilect incureion on the aurobioglaphical<br />
BuletrucEule of h1B lire. rte d!.w rhe boyhood uoltd of rhe<br />
year 1906 uhen h., like his ploragonisr raa s.venreen yeals<br />
o1d anit pranning to 9o !o uriv€lgiiy in rhe fall. Denying<br />
thaE xn, ttjldeftess wa6 aurobioglaphical he €aid rhar ir<br />
vae ia sort of {ishing our 1oual, thar,6 the lay r vould<br />
boyhood to have been". E*encially rne, hi6<br />
not alter the lact that th€ play ras deepty<br />
PaEt and in elItj,ng it, he waE tlying ro rcllve<br />
iD time ui8hing *Ft onty this rire he could live a<br />
diffe€nt life, To find rhe chiet rcdel !o! Ehe sevenreenyear-old<br />
Rich.ld ille! one need not 1@k beyond Che aurho!<br />
himBelf and in the shaatos3 behind Uncle Sid Brands rhe<br />
darker rcie complea figule of Jamie. orhe! chalacters of
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