Dynamo

'Dynamo' is a play in three acts, written by Eugene O'Neill. In the first act, O'Neill establishes a conflict between the Lights and the Fifes that is marked by their religious differences and has soured into personal hatred. Reuben Light, the heir of the family, however, loves Ada Fifes. And Ada, described as a flapper or 'modern woman,' likes Reuben enough to run around with him, but teases him for being weak. Throughout the play, however, she affectionately calls him «Rube,» which means 'dunce.'