Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 "The Hairy Ape" Introduction. Eugene O'Neill thought of "The Hairy Ape" as the natural complement or descendent of The Emperor Jones. While Jones sinks back into his past, Yank, the ape-like seaman, attempts to rise to a higher level. Not only is the Darwinian idea of evolution dramatized, but also the Emersonian idea of modern man having become mechanized. Emerson, a nineteenth century idealist, felt that man was no longer the master of his machines, but their slave. He is no longer a splendid animal close to the earth like Brutus Jones, but a lost creature bound to n...
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