Desire Under The Elms Analysis

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DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS Candus Jefferson Bethel University Reflection: Desire Under the Elms I recently reviewed an article about “Desire Under the Elms”. The article that I reviewed was written by Lewis W. Falb in 1970. Throughout this article the author expresses how he feels about Eugene’s O’Neill’s extraordinary play. Falb felt as if the play was filled with literary, theatrical, philosophical which was remarkable during the era that the play was written. I feel like the author reflection of “Desire Under the Elms” was true. Eugene decided to step out and decided to be bold by writing about things that were unheard of and not acceptable by society during the writing of his play. In 2011, Lynne Heffley wrote the Play Review: “Desire …show more content…

The soon fell in love and hide their secret from Mr. Cabot. Consequently, Eben and Abbie couldn’t tell Mr. Cabot the deadly secret of their love. As the months went by, Abbie announced that she was pregnant. Eben knew very well that the child the Abbie carried in her womb was indeed his and not his father. Eben was left no other choice, but to allow the town to think the child was his fathers. Throughout Eben’s life he felt as if everything he cared about was taking away from him leaving him helpless. Upon reading a quote it made me reflect to how much drama the play upheld. Paramahansa Yogananda said “This life is not man 's own show; if he becomes personally and emotionally involved in the very complicated cosmic drama, he reaps inevitable suffering for having distorted the divine 'plot”. In my eyes the entire play was strictly about Eben. He appeared to be the focal point in the story for me. However, I can see how the author felt like Abbie was the victim in the story. During the era that the story was written, the things that the author of “Desire Under the Elms”. The actions that were talking place by Abbie were not lady like at all and was frowned

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