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The purpose of this thesis is to indicate the use of the mask by Eugene O'Neill. It is probably possible to say that the mask has been used or implied in all of O'Neill's works, but this thesis will be confined to discussion of the works in which the mask or the implication of the mask is specifically evident.

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This thesis discusses six plays by the playwright Eugene O'Neill considered as tragedies.

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A woman’s choice between a starry-eyed dreamer and a pragmatic businessman ends in disaster. This situation is a motif in the works of Eugene O’Neill, and examining its occurrences in Beyond the Horizon, The Great God Brown, Strange Interlude and Long Day’s Journey into Night sheds light on the “seeker”(the starry-eyed dreamer)and “provider” (pragmatic businessman) characters in O’Neill’s work as well as his understanding of what women believe is the “Ideal Male.” Through his work, O’Neill questions whether women really want a seeker or a provider and, perhaps, would prefer a father instead. Nietzsche, Laing, Lao Tzu, and Frazer are all used to help ground this study of why exactly O’Neill’s women and men seem to get caught up in this cycle that often leaves both sexes dead or insane. / vi, 106 leaves ; 29 cm

Este trabalho analisa e interpreta as dramaturgias de Eugene O?Neill e de Nelson Rodrigues do ponto de vista de sua expressão do trágico moderno. Partindo de uma contextualização dos autores e suas obras em seu momento histórico, estabelecendo relações entre suas visões de mundo e suas trajetórias biográficas, registrando suas influências literárias e suas filiações estéticas, bem como expondo algumas teorias do trágico moderno que cobrem aspectos importantes de sua produção, aborda-se aqui uma série de peças teatrais consideradas mais representativas dos ciclos temático-formais que constituem as obras dos dois dramaturgos. Esta tese compõe-se por uma introdução ao tema, dois textos que tratam das relações entre vida, obra e visão de mundo de cada dramaturgo, ensaios sobre oito peças de Eugene O?Neill, ensaios sobre nove peças de Nelson Rodrigues e um capítulo de considerações finais refletindo sobre as relações entre os dois autores. / This study analyzes and interprets the dramaturgies of Eugene O?Neill and Nelson Rodrigues from the standpoint of their expression of the modern tragic. Starting by placing the authors and their works on their historic background, relating their world views and their biographical trajectories, registering their literary influences and their esthetic filiations, as well as presenting a few theories of the modern tragic which cover relevant aspects of their production, this text approaches a series of theatrical plays that were considered more representatives of the thematic and formal cycles which constitute the works of the two playwrights. This thesis is composed by an introduction to the theme, two texts that have focus on the relations among life, works and the world view of the two dramatists, essays about eight Eugene O?Neill?s plays, essays about nine Nelson Rodrigues? plays and a final part speculating on the relations between the two authors.