233The sub -title <strong>of</strong> The Hairy Ape is an indication to this effect. Man stillclings to the false hope <strong>of</strong> finding fulfilment <strong>of</strong> his desires, primarily <strong>of</strong>belonging, which leads him to perpetrate in evil . O ’Neill ’s pessimism istheoretically and not just a bewailing <strong>of</strong> a romantic, an expression <strong>of</strong>frustrated hedonism . Fortunately he still retain s the hope that in thephilosophical maturity , mankind will cast <strong>of</strong>f illusions and rest in peace,having grown c onscious that desires are merely part <strong>of</strong> the unconsciousprimal urge.
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