Desire under the elms synopsis

In Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, discuss the family dynamic that is at the a heart of the play. Specifically, talk about the unique relationship between Abbie and Eben. Are there some historical theatrical precedents to their relationship. Also, talk about the use of the colloquial language the characters use. What does it tell you about them?

Make certain you have a definitive beginning (introduction), middle (body), and end (conclusion) to your paper and The paper should not be a synopsis.Basic Writing Tips Be certain to proofread carefully all your work. A college essay should be free from grammatical and stylistic errors. Please observe the following: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Italicize or underline play titles, just as you would those of a book. Example: Desire Under the Elms, or Desire Under the Elms. Write your paper in the third person; in other words, do not use “I” statements. Do not use contractions (such as don’t); a college paper requires formal language. Use the past tense when referring to actions that occurred in the past; “William Shakespeare wrote “Hamlet.” Use the present tense when referring to an author’s argument; “Eugene O’Neill claims that…” Make sure that your sentences adhere to subject-verb agreement. This is easy to do in short sentences. You would not write, “Jill Lepore state that…” In a longer sentence, however, writers sometimes use an incorrect form of the verb: “Jill Lepore, noted historian and winner of the 1999 Bancroft Prize, state that…” Both these examples should use the verb states. Avoid using the passive voice in your sentence construction. Passive voice does not reveal the source of the action and is considered a weak construction for a college paper. An example of passive voice is: “The Cherokees were relocated to isolated lands in the west in 1838-1839.” This sentence does not tell us who or what relocated the Cherokees. A better statement is: “United States soldiers rounded up the Cherokees for forced relocation to isolated lands in the west in 1838-1839.” Use a formal tone in your writing. Avoid colloquialisms (slang) and clichés. Text-speak is forbidden, and I will actually take away points for its usage. (Examples: b/c, ppl, w/o, 4get, &, gr8) Take care with the forms of words you use: o “There” is an adjective or adverb that indicates direction. “Their” is possessive. Examples: “There they are.” “Simeon and Peter are over there.” “Their bright clothing makes them easy to see.” o “Then” indicates sequence and “than” is used for comparisons. Examples: “Then the Cabot boys left for California.” “They sought a better life than what they had on the farm.” o “Lead” is a noun that refers to a metal. It is also a verb that indicates escort or guidance. The past tense of the verb “lead” is spelled “led.” Examples: “The lead pipe burst.” “Professor Lunt will lead the discussion.” “George Washington led his men.” o Who or whom? “Who” is correct if you can substitute it with he or she. “Whom” is correct if you can substitute it with him or her. o “Two” is quantitative and represents a number. “To” indicates direction or destination. “Too” means also, or very. Examples: “There were two performers on stage.” “Sal and John drove to campus together.” “Max wanted to come along, too.” “Eben Cabot was too hard on his sons.” o “Where” indicates place or position. “Were” is the past tense of the verb, to be. “We’re” is the conjunction of we are, and as such should not be used in a formal university essay. Examples: “Where did Stanly Kowalski live?” “The Zoot Suit Riots were in Los Angeles.” o The word “data” is always plural. The singular form of data is “datum.” Do not split infinitives. It is incorrect grammar to write “to beautifully sing.” The proper construction is “to sing beautifully.” Do not use virgules (slashes) to join words together. Example: “and/or” is too informal for a scholarly paper. Do not use etc. This also is too informal. Finish your thought so the reader is not left with a vague sense of your meaning. I’m particularly adamant about this one. Using etc. is like asking me to fill in the blank. I will take away points if I find “etc.” in your paper. An apostrophe is possessive and is not used in reference to a decade. Example: 1960s, not 1960’s. Do not use block quotes. These are direct quotations more than four lines long. They require special formatting and the essay assignments for this class are too short to warrant such lengthy quotations. Title: Desire Under the Elms Author: Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) * A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook * eBook No.: 0400081.txt Edition: 1 Language: English Character set encoding: Latin-1(ISO-8859-1)--8 bit Date first posted: January 2004 Date most recently updated: January 2004 This eBook was produced by: Don Lainson dlainson@sympatico.ca Project Gutenberg of Australia eBooks are created from printed editions which are in the public domain in Australia, unless a copyright notice is included. We do NOT keep any eBooks in compliance with a particular paper edition.