尤金·奥尼尔被认为是美国最伟大的剧作家之一,他复杂的生活经历为他的创作提供了深厚的现实基础。本文选取奥尼尔两部代表作《天边外》和《进入黑夜的漫长旅程》,试对其中出现的两对兄弟之间的矛盾和情谊进行分析,探讨奥尼尔对家庭以及对人性的理解。 Eugene O’Neill is considered as one of the greatest playwrights in the United States. His complicated life experience provides a profound realistic foundation for his creation. This article selects O’Neill’s two masterpieces “beyond the horizon” and “the long journey into the darkness”, and tries to analyze the contradictions and feelings between the two brothers that appear therein, and discusses O’Neill’s understanding of family and human nature.