Summarized & Analyzed: "Desire Under the Elms"

By Student World

"Desire Under the Elms" is the play known for its unique adaptation of plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural England setting by the playwright Eugene O'Neill. The same is found in another play titled "Mourning Becomes Electra." The play was written in 1924. The play "Desire Under the Elms" is said to have been inspired by the ancient myth of "Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Theseus. In the year 1958, this play's film version was produced with an operatic setting. It was a successful movie.In the words of O'Neill, "Desire Under the Elms" is a tragedy of the possessive but principally the land and other people's lives. The play reveals how man desires to have power and own land, people, and money.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1976888085
• ISBN13: 9781976888083
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.1" x 8.5"