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    Desire Under the Elms

    1958 · Drama · 1h 54m

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Desire_Under_the_ElmsDesire Under the Elms - Wikipedia

    Desire Under the Elms is a 1924 play written by Eugene O'Neill. Like Mourning Becomes Electra, Desire Under the Elms signifies an attempt by O'Neill to adapt plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural New England setting. It was inspired by the myth of Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Theseus.

    • Eugene O'Neill
    • 1924

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  4. www.britannica.com › topic › Desire-Under-the-ElmsDesire Under the Elms | American drama, tragedy, Eugene O ...

    Desire Under the Elms, tragedy in three parts by Eugene O’Neill, produced in 1924 and published in 1925. The last of O’Neill’s naturalistic plays and the first in which he re-created the starkness of Greek tragedy, Desire Under the Elms draws from Euripides’ Hippolytus and Jean Racine’s Phèdre,

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  6. www.litcharts.com › lit › desire-under-the-elmsDesire Under the Elms Study Guide | Literature Guide | LitCharts

    In Desire Under the Elms, O’Neill explores the hardships of farm labor and the impoverished status of pre-industrialized American farmers. The play also takes place during the California Gold Rush (1848–1855).

  7. www.sparknotes.com › drama › desire-under-the-elmsDesire Under the Elms : Study Guide | SparkNotes

    Desire Under the Elms, Eugene O’Neill’s 1924 play, is the story of a farming family in mid-1800s New England. Inspired by the play Hippolytus by Euripides, it tells of the warring personalities of a father and son, and how their mutual dislike is brought to a head by the powerful presence of the father’s new wife.

  8. literariness.org › 2020/10/03 › critical-analysis-ofCritical Analysis of Eugene O’Neill’s Desire Under the Elms

    Oct 3, 2020 · Desire Under the Elms is one of Eugene O’Neill’s greatest achievements as a tragedian; others include Mourning Becomes Electra, Long Day’s Journey into Night, The Iceman Cometh, and A Moon for the Misbegotten.

  9. www.sparknotes.com › drama › desire-under-the-elmsDesire Under the Elms : Full Book Summary | SparkNotes

    Desire Under the Elms Full Book Summary. Previous Next. The play takes place at a farmhouse in New England in 1850. The owner of the farm is Ephraim Cabot. He has three sons: Simeon, Peter, and Eben. Simeon and Peter are his older sons from his first marriage, and Eben is the youngest from his second marriage.

  10. www.litcharts.com › lit › desire-under-the-elmsDesire Under the Elms by Eugene O’Neill Plot Summary | LitCharts

    Get all the key plot points of Eugene O’Neill's Desire Under the Elms on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes.

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