A Long Day?s Journey Into Night reveals the nature of the story in the title itself. All of the characters in the story are making a long journey towards darkness, their lives all were once happy and good, and have since become dismal and depressing. Every character has at least one specific problem that torments them. James, the father, was once a famous actor, but his career began to decline, and money became an …showed first 75 words of 514 total…

…showed last 75 words of 514 total…often times she appears delirious. Her problems are more than apparent in the play, and she has all of the same in the film, but it seems to go beyond the boundaries of normalcy. At times it seems a bit much however, the film character seems a bit overplayed, almost unbelievable. The novel seemed to do a better job of showing her character and her problems, yet still keeping the character closer to within reason.