# The Hairy Ape — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Hairy Ape by Eugene O’Neill.

- [Dramatis Personae](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/dramatis-personae.md): This chapter lists the characters in the play, including Yank, Paddy, Long, Mildred Douglas, her Aunt, the Second Engineer, a Guard, a Secretary, and various stokers, ladies, and gentlemen.
- [Scenes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/scenes.md): A listing of the eight scenes and their settings, spanning from the forecastle of an ocean liner to the city and a zoo, over a period of about two months in the Modern age.
- [The Hairy Ape: A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life in Eight Scenes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/the-hairy-ape.md): The play opens in the forecastle of a transatlantic ocean liner, where Yank, a brutish and proud stoker, dominates his fellow workers. He is confronted by Paddy, an old Irishman who romanticizes the past, and Long, a cyn
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/scene-i.md): The Hairy Ape — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/scene-ii.md): The Hairy Ape — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/scene-iii.md): The Hairy Ape — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/scene-iv.md): The Hairy Ape — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/scene-v.md): The Hairy Ape — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene VI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/scene-vi.md): The Hairy Ape — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene VII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/scene-vii.md): The Hairy Ape — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene VIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_hairy_ape_se/chapters/scene-viii.md): The Hairy Ape — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.

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