problematic work tendencies Cabot makes all the members of the farmhouse hard workers Cabot s sin and retribution After scanning the play we get his sin First of all his sin is that he is a very orthodox person For that reason he has no good relationship with his family members His second notable sin according to Eben is that he takes forcibly the ownership of the farm from his mother and kills his mother through problematic work tendencies Stereotypical mentality O Neill shows Cabot's stereotypical mentality in the play in a fantastic way This is one of the essential philosophical views of Puritanism Cabot is the follower of a hard worker and a hard God He never goes outside of his stony land He never wants to lose his ownership of the farmhouse at any cost He says Cabot The farm will remain mine In the last part of the play he even wants to burn his farmhouse so that nobody can possess it To sum up after scanning the play we learn that Cabot is a hard-working man who makes everyone a hard worker without any excuse Cabot remains lonesome forever in the farmhouse