Drama has to do with both conflicts and denials. How have dramatists in
             your study used either of these or both together to create plays that
             provoke interests or disturb the audience?
             Conflict is a struggle between two or more forces that creates tension on
             both sides and denial is the act of refusing or accepting truth. Many a
             times characters use denial as a temporary escape from their problems.
             These are one of the main components of many dramas.
             It is common knowledge that "The first step to recovery is admitting you
             have a problem." Unfortunately, in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey
             into Night" and Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" many of
             the characters find the first step to be the hardest.
             In Eugene O'Neill's "Long Days's Journey into Night," denial and conflict
             are two reoccurring themes that play a vital role in the play. The four
             main characters, James, Edmund, Mary, and Jamie Tyrone all seek solace in
             their drug of choice. They all constantly conceal, blame, resent, regret,
             accuse and deny in an escalating cycle of conflict with occasional
             desperate and half-sincere attempts of affection, encouragement and
             Mary's addiction is slightly different, since she was given an overdose of
             morphine by a cheap doctor during childbirth and has become dependent on
             it, but nevertheless goes back to her room on many occasions when things go
             wrong, so she can her dose. As for the others, drinking heavily is a
             choice, as they mention on many occasions when pouring drinks that they are
             simply trying to forget, and that alcohol is all that they need at the
             time. O'Neill's characters are all weak-willed and give in to desire rather
             than confront their problems and prevent them from occurring again and
             sending their lives into a larger downward spiral.
             When in a sober state all of them refuse to acknowledge their own failures
             or weaknesses. Instead, of denying their ...