Full summary of "Desire Under the Elms"

Characters:
Ephraim Cabot- Father/man of the house, about 75 yrs old
Simeon - Cabot's son, 39 yrs old
Peter - Cabot's son, Simeon's brother, 37 yrs old
Eben - Cabot's son, Simeon's and Peter's half-brother, the youngest, 25 yrs old
Abbie Puntman - Cabot's new bride in Scene Four, about 35 yrs old.
Setting:
Place - New England in and immediately outside the Cabot farmhouse, where two large elm trees "hang" over the house
Year- 1850s
Part One:
Scene 1:
-the scene begins with Eben looking out from the porch at sunset ringing the dinner bell.
-Simeon and Peter talk about and wonder about gol…