This was a good existentialistic play from Eugene O'Neill. The character Yank is a strong dumb man who works on a ship. When a wealthy girl refers to him as a beast at work, Yank loses it. He goes on a journey and realizes that both the rich and his own social class reject him. The ending is truly ironic when he comes across an ape itself. I found this play to be about the struggle to belong as well as a message on the social class. Eugene O'Neill was one of the better playwrights in the 1920s and his work is still riveting to read today.
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