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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelOne's language can reflect one's character. In O'Neill's
The Hairy Ape, the author is trying to show many things about
the main character. The writer is, therefore, tempted to know
deeper about Yank, the main character in The Hairy Ape, eg:
about Yank's character, social background, and reasons why Yank
uses different kind of sentences in different settings. Due to
the fact that language is unseparable from society, the writer
is trying to dig up the content of the play to get as much
information as she can in order to be able to know deeper about
the main character's social background which can later be
related to the language used by the character. After doing the
analysis, the writer of this thesis is finally able to know
that Yank comes from low social background. The writer is also
able to describe the character of Yank after relating the
social background of Yank and the language used by him. The
writer is finally able to conclude that Yank is at first full
of self-confidence; however, towards the end of the play, Yank
gradually loses his self-confidence.