尤金·奥尼尔是美国著名剧作家、美国戏剧的奠基人,他的戏剧作品客观真实,传达了剧作家本人的世界观及对当时某些社会现象的看法。《榆树下的欲望》是奥尼尔的代表作之一。本文旨在分析剧中爱碧之子出生及被杀的人为因由,探讨奥尼尔借婴儿这个承载体给读者展示出来的种种欲望。 Eugene O’Neill is a famous American playwright and founder of American drama. His dramatic works are objective and true, which convey the world view of the dramatist himself and some of the social phenomena at that time. “Desire under the Elm” is one of O’Neill’s masterpieces. The purpose of this article is to analyze the causes of the birth and the killing of Ai Bi’s son in the play and to explore the various desires that O’Neill uses to demonstrate to readers.