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Throughout history novelists and playwrights have to created dysfunctional families. These families lead tragic lives. Within these families, there are both internal and external battles to be dealt. In William Shakespeare’s King Lear and Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, the authors reveal truly dysfunctional families. In these plays both authors portray the problems and between each member of the family and the consequences the problems will have. In King …

…led to their downfall. However, their dysfunctions lead to more dysfunctions because their life is a continuing cycle. There are many dysfunctions in the Lear, the Gloucester, and the Tyrone families. Within each family there are both internal and external battle. These plays reveal dysfunctions at their peak. They also reveal the consequences that each dysfunction brings. Usually, in the end, the families will continue to lead dysfunctional live and they will have tragic outcomes.