Desire Under the Elms
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Themes
All Themes Desire, Revenge, and Tragedy Farming, Labor, and Poverty Gender Religion, Faith, and Suffering
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All Characters Ephraim Cabot Eben Abbie Putnam Simeon Peter Maw The Baby (Abbie and Eben’s Son)
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Desire Under the Elms

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Eugene O’Neill
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