The Angel and the Dope Friend:
O’Neill’s Mary Tyrone as
Irish Catholic Mother
ANNALISE LIPARI
ANNALISE LIPARI is a graduating English Major and a New
Hampshire native. After four years of literary analysis and a
variety of campus activities, including a term as the 2008-2009
Scene Editor at the Observer, she will go on to teach Middle
School Language Arts and religion with the Alliance for
Catholic Education in the fall.
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