This Paper examines Eugene O’Neil`s The Emperor Jones in Power and dissidence. O’Neill was highly under the influence and inspiration of his contemporary events and the traces of those events are reflected in his works. He prefers to deal with the authentic American types and backgrounds in his social dramas. The main characters of his plays under the tyranny of dominant power turn into dissidents and resist against the authority or control of the dominant system. They struggle to subvert the dominant order, and since they would be a threat for absolute power they are consequently condemned to harsh punishment. O’Neill in his selected plays represents the conflict between the marginalized group and the central one. His sympathetic tone indicates his intention in supporting the dissidence in social and political activities. In The Emperor Jones O’Neill scrutinizes the situations of the Afro-Americans and challenges the concept of power and authority in the White American ideology. Particularly in this play the interrelation of the dissident and dominant within a socio-cultural system is expressed.
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Cultural Materialism, Dissidence, Hegemony, Society and Environment, Allegiance, Power, Resistance
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