The repetition of the same plot shows that this day is not special. Another argument happens after dinner in Act III Scene I between Jamie (Mary’s son) and his mother, Mary another one happens right before dinner at Edmund’s house (Jamie’s brother) where he argues with his father about going to see a psychiatrist finally there is an argument during dinner when Jamie has an outburst over not wanting to go to school anymore because everyone will laugh at him for being stupid or something like that. Other arguments occur throughout the play as well, including one that occurs after lunch in Act II Scene I. The first argument occurs in Act I it’s set just before lunchtime and features Mary and Tyrone. There are numerous arguments between Tyrone and Mary, the main characters of the play. As time passes by, however, things get worse as both men drink more alcohol until they pass out at the end of Act IV. They all argue over Jamie and Edmund’s failure to become successes as they had hoped they would be when they were growing up. On the other hand, Tyrone never admits that he was wrong in his decision not to pay for a better doctor. For example, Mary is constantly blamed for her addiction to morphine after she had given birth because Tyrone refused to pay for a good doctor. However, it also focuses on the family’s inability to let go of their past and forgive each other for their mistakes. The play mostly deals with the discovery of two medical tragedies. Throughout the course of the play, we slowly find out that Mary still has a drug problem despite being away for treatment. We learn that Mary has recently returned from a sanatorium for morphine addiction, and we find out later on that her brother Edmund is coughing very violently and might have tuberculosis. The play takes place in August 1912 at the Tyrone family’s summer home.
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