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Powerful drama, rapidly shifting scenes describe fall of Brutus Jones, the self-proclaimed, plundering monarch of a West Indian island, whose flight into the jungle from rebellious subjects is plagued by ghosts and visions. Bold, expressionistic work established O’Neill as one of America’s most important dramatists.
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His hand going to his revolver like a ftash-menacingly: Talk polite, white man! Talk polite, you heah me! I'm boss heah now, is you fergettin'? The Cockney seems about to challenge this last statement with the facts but something in the other's eyes holds and cows him.
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Powerful drama, rapidly shifting scenes describe fall of Brutus Jones, the self-proclaimed, plundering monarch of a West Indian island, whose flight into the jungle from rebellious subjects is plagued by ghosts and visions. Bold, expressionistic work established O’Neill as one of America’s most important dramatists.
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The fall of a self-proclaimed, plundering monarch of a West Indian island. Powerful work established O’Neill’s reputation.