Based on the theory of alienation proposed by Karl Marx and the theory of conscious and unconscious of Freudianism, Chapter Two analyzes the alienation and the loss of identity in the two plays.

• 结合马克思异化理论以及弗洛伊德的精神分析中的意识与无意识理论，第二章探讨了奥尼尔的这两部后期剧作中所体现出来的异化以及自我身份的丧失的问题。