Mary Tyrone
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Mary Tyrone is the morphine-addicted matriarch of the Tyrone family in Eugene O’Neill’s play "Long Day’s Journey into Night," whose psychological unraveling drives much of the drama’s tragic power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Tyrone canonical | 6 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Long Day’s Journey into Night ⓘ |
| appearsInAct |
Act I
ⓘ
Act II ⓘ Act III ⓘ Act IV ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | stage play ⓘ |
| aspiration |
to become a concert pianist
ⓘ
to become a nun ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Ella Quinlan
ⓘ
surface form:
Ella O’Neill
|
| centralThemeRelation |
addiction
ⓘ
denial ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Eugene O'Neill
ⓘ
surface form:
Eugene O’Neill
|
| dramaticFunction |
catalyst for family conflict
ⓘ
drives much of the play’s tragic power ⓘ embodies the destructive effects of addiction ⓘ |
| dramaticGenre | tragedy ⓘ |
| familyName | Tyrone ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| hasAddiction | morphine ⓘ |
| hasCharacterTrait |
anxious
ⓘ
fragile ⓘ guilt-ridden ⓘ nostalgic ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Edmund Tyrone
ⓘ
Jamie Tyrone ⓘ |
| hasHealthIssue | rheumatism ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | James Tyrone ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of American drama’s major tragic heroines ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Irish American ⓘ |
| occupationBeforeMarriage | convent school student ⓘ |
| receivesTreatmentFrom | doctor who prescribes morphine ⓘ |
| relationshipWithEdmund | deeply protective ⓘ |
| relationshipWithJamesTyrone | loving but embittered ⓘ |
| relationshipWithJamie | strained ⓘ |
| roleInWork | matriarch of the Tyrone family ⓘ |
| settingResidence | Tyrone summer home in New London, Connecticut ⓘ |
| suffersFrom | psychological unraveling ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
lost innocence
ⓘ
the corrosive power of the past ⓘ |
| timePeriod | August 1912 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.