Question

Select all the correct answers. Which two themes of O'Neill's Beyond the Horizon are reflected in this excerpt from the play? ROBERT: Not so long when you come to consider it. You know the Sunda sails around the Horn for Yokohama first, and that’s a long voyage on a sailing ship; and if we go to any of the other places Uncle mentions—India, or Australia, or South Africa, or South America—they’ll be long voyages, too. ANDREW: You can have all those foreign parts for all of me. (After a pause) Ma's going to miss you a lot, Rob. ROBERT: Yes—and I’ll miss her. ANDREW: And Pa ain’t feeling none too happy to have you go—though he’s been trying not to show it. ROBERT: I can see how he feels. ANDREW: And you can bet that I’m not giving any cheers about it. (He puts one hand on the fence near ROBERT). ROBERT: (putting one hand on top of ANDREW’S with a gesture almost of shyness) I know that, too, Andy. ANDREW: I’ll miss you as much as anybody, I guess. You see, you and I ain’t like most brothers—always fighting and separated a lot of the time, while we’ve always been together—just the two of us. It’s different with us. That’s why it hits so hard, I guess. ROBERT: (with feeling) It’s just as hard for me, Andy—believe that! I hate to leave you and the old folks—but—I feel I’ve got to. There’s something calling me—— (He points to the horizon) Oh, I can’t just explain it to you, Andy. importance of following one's dreams importance of family commitment attraction of the land versus the sea appearance versus reality attraction of people to farming

Answer 1

importance of following one's dreams

attraction of the land versus the sea

Step-by-step explanation:

ANDREW: I’ll miss you as much as anybody, I guess. You see, you and I ain’t like most brothers—always fighting and separated a lot of the time, while we’ve always been together—just the two of us. It’s different with us. That’s why it hits so hard, I guess.

ROBERT: (with feeling) It’s just as hard for me, Andy—believe that! I hate to leave you and the old folks—but—I feel I’ve got to. There’s something calling me—— (He points to the horizon) Oh, I can’t just explain it to you, Andy.

Answer 2

Importance of following one's dreams

Importance of family commitment

Step-by-step explanation:

Importance of following one's dreams is the major theme of O'Neill's "Beyond the Horizon".

In this excerpt (Act 1, Scene 1), the reference to the theme of "family commitment" appears when talking to each other both brothers show respect and care for each other.

Andrew: I’ll miss you as much as anybody, I guess. You see, you and I ain’t like most brothers—always fighting and separated a lot of the time.

Robert: (with feeling) It’s just as hard for me, Andy—believe that! I hate to leave you and the old folks—but—I feel I’ve got to.

The theme of "following one's dreams" is presented in Robert's last lines in this excerpt i.e. "I feel I’ve got to. There’s something calling me—— (He points to the horizon) Oh, I can’t just explain it to you, Andy."