James Tyrone

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James Tyrone is the aging, miserly former matinee idol and patriarch of the Tyrone family in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Long Day’s Journey into Night," whose flaws and regrets drive much of the drama’s familial conflict.

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James Tyrone canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character
fictional character
theatrical character
addiction alcohol
appearsIn Long Day’s Journey into Night
appearsInAct Long Day’s Journey into Night
surface form: Act I of Long Day’s Journey into Night

Act II of Long Day’s Journey into Night
Act III of Long Day’s Journey into Night
Act IV of Long Day’s Journey into Night
basedOn James O'Neill
surface form: James O’Neill
centralConflictWith Edmund Tyrone
Jamie Tyrone
Mary Tyrone
characterTrait alcoholic
controlling
miserly
proud
regretful
child Edmund Tyrone
Eugene Tyrone (deceased infant)
Jamie Tyrone
creator Eugene O'Neill
surface form: Eugene O’Neill
dramaticFunction embodiment of miserliness and fear of poverty
source of generational trauma in the family
familyName Tyrone
fear poverty
firstPerformanceOfWork 1956 Broadway production
gender male
givenName James
inspiredBy Eugene O’Neill’s father
languageOfWork English
literaryGenre modern tragedy
literarySignificance major character in 20th-century American drama
nationality Irish-American
notableWorkInFiction The Count of Monte Cristo (stage role)
occupation actor
matinee idol
regretAbout selling artistic integrity for a long-running commercial role
relationshipTypeWithMaryTyrone loving but deeply strained marriage
roleInWork patriarch of the Tyrone family
setting New London, Connecticut
spouse Mary Tyrone
themeAssociation addiction
family conflict
regret and lost opportunity
American Dream
surface form: the American Dream
timePeriod 1912

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Mary Tyrone hasSpouse James Tyrone
Jamie Tyrone hasFather James Tyrone
Jamie Tyrone conflictWith James Tyrone
Edmund Tyrone hasFather James Tyrone
Edmund Tyrone conflictWith James Tyrone