Edith Cummings

In chapter 8 just as we thought Ethan had given up on the idea of running away with Mattie, because he had no money he came up with a plan to deceive the hales in order to get an advance on the lumber money to fulfill his plan. His plan included taking advantage of Andrew Hale’s kindness and using his sick wife’s illness as a lie “suddenly it occurred to him that Andrew Hale ,who was a kind-hearted man , might be induced to reconsider his refusal and advance a small sum on the lumber if he were told

Is Ethan Frome a victim of his social and physical environment, or is he a victim of his own personal choices and temperament? Ethan Frome is a victim of his social and physical environment because he finally realizes that he has married the wrong woman when his wife’s younger cousin, Mattie Silver, moves in and is now living with them. Mattie moves in with them after her parents die in an accident a few years before and is left with no money and nowhere to live. So she moves in with Ethan Frome

The book Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton was an excellent story about the temptation and hardship that three people faced. Ethan Frome the main character struggles throughout the whole story with wanting the girl Mattie. He doesn’t love his anymore wife and lusts for the younger girl Mattie. Mattie is Zeena’s cousin, she goes to live at the Fromes because she has nowhere else to go. She works around the house and helps her cousin, Zeena, because she has fallen ill and cannot do the housework. My advice

When I first started reading chapters 8-15 of the House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, I thought about the effects of money on a person’s identity in the late Victorian Era in New York. The novel, The House of Mirth depicts a woman named Lily Bard trying to make a name for herself in New York’s high society. While for many during the later part of the 1800s, times were rough and money was tight, those who were wealthy separated themselves into a higher social class. To become a highly-esteemed member

The novel, Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton is set in early 1900s New England; more specifically Starkfield, Massachusetts. The name of Frome’s hometown itself is ironic for how it is portrayed in the story. Due to the “stark”ness of the town and surrounding areas it affects all of the characters and adds to the somber tone of the story. The long and harsh winters affect how all members of the community interact through their daily lives. The town is very restricted to any outside information during

Ethan Frome is a novel written by Pulitzer winning author Edith Wharton. The novel was first published in 1911. Ethan Frome is set in a small town in Massachusetts and focuses on the relationship among Ethan Frome, his wife Zenobia "Zeena" Frome, and Zenobia's cousin, Mattie Silver. The relationship among these three characters was unsettling and sufferable because of Zeena's control over the relationship. This relationship among them also forced Ethan and Mattie to succumb to destructive impulses

becomes lonelier. In the cold winter, just a little ray of sunshine is enough to warm a person's lonely heart. However, no one knows that little ray of sunshine in cold winter is a start point of the tragedy of love. Like "Ethan Frome" is written by Edith Wharton. The story revolves around the love triangle of three characters, Ethan, Zeena, and Mattie. Zeena, Ethan's wife, with illness, she represents the lack of energy. Contrariwise, Mattie, Zeena's cousin, who makes Ethan falls in love, represents

From as early as 408 B.C.E., iterations of the adage ‘misery loves company’ have appeared in written texts. First attributed to Sophocles in Athens, this popular dictum has traveled far from Greece, and has found itself at the core of Ethan Frome. In Edith Wharton’s tragic novella Ethan Frome (1911), the titular protagonist’s infliction of suffering encompasses the key principles of Naturalism. Illustrating this, Ethan forces Zeena, his wife, to disengage from her environment and retreat into silence

It was making him despondent for years. However, for a short while, the author Edith Wharton, was giving me a sense of strength from Ethan. In the entire novel, this was the only time I noticed a strong reaction from him. When Zeena told him about getting another girl to help her at home “You know I haven’t got the money to pay for

An aphorist, Mason Cooley, once said, “Cure for an obsession: get another one”. This quote can be qualified by humans and the changes in their passions. Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome weaves a tale with human-like characters and their obsessions in the short story. As a result, the novella can be used to qualify the quote because the characters would act in a similar way as humans. Both the quote and story have the theme of obsession. In both, an individual cures their obsessions by getting another