Ethan Hawke

In Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome, the main character, Ethan, is affected by events and abominable decisions that were made in his past. Ethan shows a sense of regret to most of his past but manages to shove the skeletons in his closet. He continues to make mistakes, making him seem corrupt. Most of the past events didn’t affect him in a positive light either. Ethan deals with the phychologically diminishing effects of his past. Ethan had to deal with the loss of his parents. He moved back to Starkfield

In the book, Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Ethan is a victim of his own personal choices. Being pressured by his environment and emotions, Ethan then made poor decisions, such as falling in love with his wife's cousin, Mattie, and also trying to commit suicide with her. Ethan´s decisions led to his being a victim of his personal choices. This text portrays Ethan as a victim of his personal choices. He seems so depressed, he is stuck in his past. ¨´I shall just go on living here till I join

In chapter eight and nine of Ethan Frome, Ethan finds a note in Mattie’s handwriting telling him not to worry. He sits and thinks about the note and comes to a conclusion that he is going to leave Zeena a note saying that he is leaving her and running away with Mattie. However, he then sits on the couch in tears realizing how hard it would be to start over with nothing, and how heartbroken Zeena would be. When Ethan wakes up he realizes that it is Mattie's last day. After they have breakfast, he

Juxtaposition is used to put two characters side by side and depict the similarities and the differences of them. Within the novel, Ethan Frome, Zeena and Mattie were two contextual characters whose individuality stood out. By studying Zeena’s and Mattie’s attitudes towards life, their roles as women in the late 19th century, their age, appearance, and their treatment of Ethan and each other throughout the novel, the reader can more deeply comprehend not only the similarities and differences of these two

Just like in the book Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, Ethan From is one character that is isolated. For Ethan he’s very distant and no-one really tries to get close to him because of what he’s been through, which isolate’s his life to just himself. Even after he get’s a wife named Zenobia, his house was silent after she grew ill. He’s in loop of confusion and filled with heartache. First, In the novel Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, there are many examples of isolation, Ethan the main character is one

how author Edith Wharton based Ethan Frome off her own life. Edith felt that she was living in a time where divorce had became a part of “commercial exchange” (Wolff). Ethan Frome directly relates to Edith’s own life, more specifically to her marriage to Teddy Wharton, and the divorce that she was going through while writing Ethan Frome. A marriage should only occur when you truly love someone with all of your heart and it is not meant fill a void or be forced. Ethan married Zenna after his mother

Ethan Frome as a Fairy Tale Elizabeth Ammons writes in her essay “Ethan Frome as a Fairy Tale,” that “Ethan Frome is designed to be read like a fairy tale” (Ammons 138). Although the novel itself is bleak and a little dark, we still recognize the characters as ones from the fairy tale Snow White. In the novel Mattie Silver comes to live with Ethan and Zeena. Mattie takes care of Zeena along with the household chores. When Mattie and Ethan begin to fall for each other Zeena notices. The silent tension

Jeny watched Dakota crawl out of the hatch and the second that Dakota’s foot disappeared from view and the hatch closed, she ran off to the study room. Jeny knew that what she was going to do was wrong and that she shouldn’t do it, but when she saw Dakota pull it out she couldn’t help but plot in her head. Jeny reached the room quickly and with ease and grabbed the book that was lying with the face to the ground. The book has a leather outside and written on the front in white was Johnson. The first

By taking the reader through Ethan Frome’s winding emotional journey, Edith Wharton in Ethan Frome, examines the effects of both physical, as well as emotional isolation on the human condition. The novel is set in the frigid winter, likely in the late 1800’s, in the rural, secluded, fictional town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. Ethan’s downtrodden farm is on the outskirts of this already remote, small community. Wharton strategically uses the isolated setting, Ethan’s unmitigated poverty and his loveless

and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.” I believe Ethan Frome would have said the same thing as Lorca. This quote perfectly describes the relationship between Ethan and Mattie. Ethan had a burning desire to love, cherish, and be with Mattie; however, some factors in his life thwarted his desire. Ethan was forced to keep quiet about it due to opposing forces. Ethan and Mattie’s relationship ended in negativity because they were constrained by other relationships