Moon of The Caribbees: Presented by

PRESENTED BY
B.Ed. HONS SEMESTER 7
NIMRA ABDULREHMAN
MOON OF THE LITERATURE
CARIBBEES PROF. YUSRA MADIHA
By Eugene O’Neill
Contents
INTRODUCTION OF THE AUTHOR: .................................................................................................... 2
INTRODUCTION OF THE PLAY: ........................................................................................................ 2
SUMMARY: ................................................................................................................................................ 5
LITERARY DEVICES USED IN THE DRAMA : ................................................................................. 5
MOOD: ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
DIRECT AND INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION : .......................................................................... 6
DICTION : ................................................................................................................................................ 6
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INTRODUCTION OF THE AUTHOR:
Eugene O’Neill’s (1888-1953) entire life revolved around

the stage, and his productivity as a dramatist—some
twenty long plays in less than twenty-five years (1920–
1943)—remains a remarkable achievement. O’Neill’s
plays are known for their intensely personal qualities, their
dark realism, and their tragic honesty. O’Neill is the only
American playwright ever to receive a Nobel Prize in
Literature and is recognized as having helped to establish
America as a center of theatrical output and creativity.
INTRODUCTION OF THE PLAY:
Moon of the Caribbees was the fourth of a four-part “sea”

series by Eugene O’Neill, written in 1917. It played through
the 1918-19 season. It has been said that he regarded it
as his best of the four and was the only one in which he
referenced himself.
CHARACTERS:
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Seaman of the British Tramp steamer, Glencairn
YANK
DRISCOLL
OLSON
DAVIS
COCKY
SMITTY
PAUL
LAMPS, the lamp trimmer
CHIPS, the carpenter
OLD TOM, the donkeyman
Firemen on the Glencairn
BIG FRANK
DICK
MAX
PADDY
West Indian Negresses
BELLA
SUSIE
VIOLET
PEARL
THE FIRST MATE
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The crew of the tramp steamer S.S. Glencairn—among them
ringleader Irishman Driscoll, querulous cockney Cocky, quiet
Swede Olson, troubled Brit Smitty, and brash American Yank—
form the sometimes cruel and other times tender rough
brotherhood at the center of Eugene O’Neill’s quartet of one-act
plays written during the years of the Great War. They stand out
for their sharply tuned language and their pitilessness.
Driscoll is a typical seaman, Irish, and roughly mannered.
Smitty is a young Englishman, who is out of place by most
people's standards that’ why he was called duke in this play.
There is a mate, several other sailors, and a woman named Bella
and her four friends.
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SUMMARY:
The story starts on the deck of Glencairn. A few various
sailors sit around, discussing the arrival of the boat of five
women, the West Indian Negresses, who are said to be
bringing rum on board. The distant sing of native rings out
from land, providing ominous tones to the entire place.
Rum is not allowed on board, so they receive instructions
for how to smuggle it. Much to the bewitchment of the
ladies and the “Head sailor, Drisscol” , a party begins and
spreads around the ship. And, as would be expected with
the crowd of drunk sailors, a fight breaks out. During this
time, Smitty, the young English sailor called Duke by
others, takes his drink off to the side “to think”. There he
begins a conversation with “ Donkeyman” a much older
and seasoned sailor, on various subjects of life and love.
The youngest of girls, Pearl, tries to get his attention, but
his whisked off by him towards Yank. Bella, head of
negresses was trying to calm everyone down in vain,
eventually the fight gets out of hands and someone stabs
Patty with knife and the play ends with the First Mate
catching everything up.
LITERARY DEVICES USED IN THE DRAMA :
There are 3 types of literary devices used in the drama

"The Moon of Caribbees" .
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MOOD:
This literary device refers to any kind of mood such as fear
,anger, love, calm etc. O'Neill used this device beautifully
in the drama we can see many kinds of mood which
include anger, sadness, fear and love.
DIRECT AND INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION :

Direct characterization refers to describe character by
physical description, and Indirect characterization refers to
describe character by dialogues, actions, speech
thoughts.
kIn this drama O'Neill describe characters by both devices
some described by action and dialogues which helps
reader to imagine character by their own , and some
characters described by physical appearance which
makes drama more imaginative.
DICTION :
This device refers to the style and words of expression
that an author uses in the story to make it more excited or
impressive and make good effect on the reader’s mind .
O'Neill used Diction device in this drama many times with
expression which help reader to imagine exact as the
author want to describe.
THE END
THANK YOU
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PRESENTED BY

B.Ed. HONS SEMESTER 7

CARIBBEES PROF. YUSRA MADIHA

Eugene O’Neill’s (1888-1953) entire life revolved around

INTRODUCTION OF THE PLAY:

Moon of the Caribbees was the fourth of a four-part “sea”

There are 3 types of literary devices used in the drama

DIRECT AND INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION :

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