Full summary of "Desire Under the Elms"

Characters: Ephraim Cabot- Father/man of the house, about 75 yrs old Simeon - Cabot's son, 39 yrs old Peter - Cabot's son, Simeon's brother, 37 yrs old Eben - Cabot's son, Simeon's and Peter's half-brother, the youngest, 25 yrs old Abbie Puntman - Cabot's new bride in Scene Four, about 35 yrs old. Setting: Place - New England in and immediately outside the Cabot farmhouse, where two large elm trees "hang" over the house Year- 1850s Part One: Scene 1: …

…Eben say '"'I love you'"' as they leave. As in the beginning, Eben notes how pretty the sunset looks. -the play ends w/ the sheriff commenting '"''"' It"'"s a jim-dandy farm, no dnyin"'" it. Wished I owned it!'"'. Desire Under the Elms (1925) alludes to themes of Greek mythology and uses New England farm life as the setting for a tragic tale involving adultery, incest, and infanticide