In the romantic tragedy of Ethan Frome‚ Edith Wharton uses Mattie Silver as a literary foil to her older cousin‚ Zeena Frome. Often‚ Wharton uses descriptive imagery‚ contrasting brightness and warmth‚ to darkness and cold‚ to highlight the differences between the two women. Mattie is typically shown in the light‚ reflecting or creating a source of heat. Ethan senses the change that came with Mattie’s arrival in his home. “...The coming to his house...was like the lighting of a fire on a cold hearth”
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In Ethan Frome‚ one of Edith Wharton main character Mattie is impoverished. Since she is poor her cousin Zeena has to hire her to work for her family. Mattie do not have no money‚ job‚ and she effect everybody`s life just for being impoverished. Mattie is given a chance to earn a job‚ and money‚ but because of her actions she made the biggest mistake of her life. Mattie was a poor young woman and her cousin Zeena help her receive money. Zeena gave Mattie a housekeeping job to help Zeena during her
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Women in the Victorian era were held to certain expectations that affected them socially‚ politically‚ and economically. Between the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century‚ women had very specific gender roles‚ and when they did no adhere to these standards‚ their reputations and overall way of life would completely change. Women had very few rights‚ were considered property of their husbands‚ and many were forced to endure abusive relationships. The repression of women in this era
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surface of relationships too depict he truth about relations regardless of class. Her life and opinions were evidently influential and were reflected in her novels. Despite the stark differences in the settings of her works‚ The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome‚ Edith Wharton’s view on love and relationships reveal that all affairs have the same outcome and she also explores how society can play an important role in relationships regardless the era and social class. Edith Wharton employs distinct differences
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Alternative ending Are you ready? ‘Said Ethan . Yes ‘Mattie replied with her soft and subtle voice. They where going to make passionate love while sleighing downhill. If they succeeded to finish they would leave to go to Florida and start over again. If they didn’t make it‚ they would crash on the elm tree and their fate would be in God’s hands. They started gaining speed but because Ethan wanted it to last he purposely slowed them down. Mattie was in ecstasy and wasn’t paying attention‚ since
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Beginning it with the emanating of the love from Ethan to Mattie‚ then gradually making the situation of adultery‚ dishonesty‚ and lack of responsibility worse until the novel has completely turned itself around and the love it once emanated is turned into a symbol for the sin and malice embedded in human nature. Ethan Frome’s love for Mattie and ignorance towards Zeena shows the human weakness & corruption inherent in everyone. The novel’s description of Ethan begins with his lack of care for his wife
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Edith Newbold Jones‚ the author of Ethan Frome‚ married Edward Robbins Wharton on the 29th of April in the year 1885 and became Edith Wharton. Towards the end of their twenty eight years of matrimony‚ the incompatible couple struggled to avoid separation and a bad reputation. Wharton believes God punishes those which ignore their morals. Accordingly‚ neither wanted to break their moral values‚ and consequently‚ they were too ashamed of what society would say about them to divorce. That given‚ the
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- Geography Matters... Geography shapes society which in turn shapes characters‚ setting‚ themes‚ tones‚ and so forth. This concept is also seen in reality. When I went to Key West‚ it was evident that the geography shaped those that lived there. Surrounded by water‚ paralyzing heat and humidity‚ those that lived there are relaxed and slow walkers and talkers‚ extremely frustrating for an impatient person such as myself. This concept applies to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. The Jungle takes place
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Edith Wharton’s 1911 novel‚ Ethan Frome‚ is a highly symbolic story that focuses on the relationships and personas of the characters through the use of various symbols. Due to its minimalistic detail‚ more focus is placed on subtle symbolic references in relation to character traits and thematic issues. Wharton illustrates this attention to detail through subtle references to Zenobia’s‚ which audibly mimics the term xenophobia‚ distrust of her cousin’s foreign presence in her home through symbolism
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and most popular novel‚ Ethan Frome‚ this idea is highlighted‚ showing the protagonist’s breakdown. Ethan Frome struggles against the customs and rules of society‚ fighting a battle within himself between what he wants in order to be happy and what he feels he must do to satisfy his family and society. Frome struggles between his desire for Mattie and his sense of duty toward Zeena‚ his wife. The pressures that come from the responsibilities in the Frome household lead to Ethan Frome’s emotional breakdown
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