Long Day's Journey Into Night: What Might Have Been

Among the many themes in Eugene O'Neill's play, one is the question of what might have been had we taken the road not taken (to paraphrase from Robert Frost). No matter which road we take, we will have cut ourselves off from a different life than the one we chose. But we can only have what we chose. We can never have in reality what we only imagine. The question is not, "What might have been" but, rather, "What now?" What choices will define us now? What road will we take now from among the unlimited number of roads that are before us? These questions are explored in this article. ...