A.
Characterization of Jack Townsend
From the beginning, the author has
depicted Jack Townsend to become a top guy because Eugene O’Neill wants to
prepare a tragedy. Besides that, he wants to show that there is no person who
is perfect or fully good and fully bad. For instance, from the text it can be
found that Jack Townsend has everything such as he is popular guy, a very
talented sport player, rich, having a perfect girlfriend, loved very much by
his family but he is also irresponsible what he has done and he is greedy in
any aspects as well.
Positive of Jack Townsend
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No.
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Positive of Jack Townsend
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Evidence
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1.
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Jack is popular guy and very talented
sport player
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The
walls of the room are hung with flags, class banners, framed photograph of
baseball and football teams, college posters, etc.
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2.
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He is so rich
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a.
The study of the suite of rooms occupied by Jack Townsend and Donald Herron
on the ground floor of a dormitory in large eastern university of the United
States.
b.
Forming a window seat which is piled high with bright colored cushions.
c.
Leather covered divans with leather cushions.
d.
A writing desk with an electric drop-light hanging over it.
e.
In the middle of the right wall, a fireplace.
f.
A table with an electric reading-lamp wired from the chandelier above.
g.
Two Morris chairs and several rockers are grouped about the table.
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3.
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Jack is a perfect guy
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Jack
is a well-built handsome young fellow about twenty-two years old, with blond
hair brushed straight back from his forehead, intelligent blue eyes, a
good-natured, self-indulgent mouth, and ruddy, tanned complexion.
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B. Negative of Jack Townsend
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No.
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Negative of Jack Townsend
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Evidence
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1.
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Eugene O’Neill has depicted Jack
Townsend as an irresponsible guy
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a.
important? You mayn’t think so. It’s not important to you, yuh.
b.
… She’s goin’ to have a kid your kid, and because yuh’re too rotten to act
like a man, yuh send her to a faker of a doctor to be killed; and she does
what yuh say because she loves yuh; and yuh don’t even think enough of her to
answer her letter (sobbing)when she’s dying’ on account of you!
c.
Murray for your own sake, for your dead sister’s good name, for your family’s
sake you must keep this thing quiet. I do not plead for myself. I am willing
to have you punish me individually in any way you see fit; but there are
others, innocent ones, who will suffer.
d.
You say the doctor gave you money? I’ll give you ten times as much as he did.
(Murray’s face grows livid.) I’ll see that you get so much a year for the
rest of your life. My father is rich. We’ll get you a good position, do
everything you wish, (breaking down) only do not punish the innocent.
e.
You want—to pay me—for Nelli!
f.
Stop, for God’s sake! I know I should have written. I mean to write but--
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2.
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Heartless
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a. He had raped Nelli whereas he did
not love her.
Hm,--if
you did not love this girl, why did you,--why, in the first place,--?
b. He utilized the situation of
Nelli’s home to rape her because Nelli often stayed home alone.
Her
father is dead. Her mother is a silly woman who would be the last to suspect
anything. She has two sisters, both youngsters under ten, and one bother
about eighteen, a machinist or something of the sort who is only home for
week-ends.
c. He had asked a doctor to abort
Nelli.
He
was the only doctor I could find who would do that sort of thing.
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B.
Plot
In Abortion,
Eugene O’Neill wants to show an irony that happens to the main character, Jack
Townsend. In the beginning of the story, Jack Townsend’s life is narrated as a
perfect one. For example he could go to university with its amazing facilities
inside and people around him always supported what he did. In the contrast, he
did a contemptible thing, he raped a poor girl who of course she did not have
same social status with him. It implies that Jack Townsend is not what is
guessed before. Eugene O’Neill wants to convince that seeing is not believing
as well.
Positive
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No.
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Positive
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Evidence
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1.
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Presentation of Jack’s life as an
intellectual and high class guy
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Jack Townsend could go to university
in town and there are many facilities are extravagant. He could play many
sports such as baseball and football.
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2.
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There is a big P’rade to celebrate the
victory of Jack Townsend
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a.
I hear them singing on the campus. I’m going out. Bull, when does the big
P’rade star?
b.
There’s going to be a canoe carnival, and bonfires, and dancing, and
everything, Mother. You’ve simply got to come, all of you, in honor of hero
Jack.
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Negative
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No.
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Negative
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Evidence
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1.
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Presentation of Jack’s life as a
psychopathic as well
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He had raped a poor girl that actually
he did not love her. She named Nelli.
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2.
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Murray came to his university to ask
his responsibility on his sister’s death.
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Look here, Townsend, I gotta see yuh
for a minute.
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3.
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Jack Townsend escaped from the
celebration. He did not enjoy in his celebration because of his mistake to
Nelli.
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a,
Jack makes a movement as if to follow him but he stops and sits down heavenly
by the table, laying the revolver on it.
b.
He hurries to the windows, closes them, and pulls down the shades.
c.
The parade is about to pass by his windows.
d.
Jack springs up and rushes into his bedroom on the right.
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