Desire Under the Elms

Young Eben Cabbot resents his father Ephraim for the harsh treatment he believes killed his mother, Ephraim's second wife. Eben believes his father intentionally mistreated his mother so Ephraim can inherit the family farm. But Eben belives the farm is his birthright, since it originally belonged to his mothe. When Ephraim brings his third wife, Abbie, into the picture, Eben's anger and hatred towards his father increase. Abbie, however, only entered into the marriage looking to secure a future of her own. Knowing she could never love Ephraim, she soon enters into a love affair with Eben. Soon after, she bears Eben's child. To prove she would never love anyone more than Eben, she hatches a plan leading to a tragic conclusion, worthy only of the ancient Greeks.