Ethan Frome takes place in a small town in Massachusetts called Starkfield where he has a wife named Zeena but their marriage is falling apart and he is wanting to get out of the marriage but his wife Zeena isn’t quite letting the marriage end just yet, but when a new housekeeper named Mattie comes to take care of the house Ethan begins to fall for her.
I believe that Ethan Frome is naturalism because I feel like there was more things showing that choices didn’t matter like when Zeena hired a new housekeeper and forced Mattie out of the house where she had nowhere to go. I think it also naturalism because Ethan and Mattie had to find an alternative ways to still try to see each other after Mattie has to move away.
I also believe that Ethan Frome is naturalism because Ethan has to hurry home from work one night to get glue to try and fix the red pickle dish that the cat had knocked over and that had broke when it fell and hit the floor. It shows naturalism because Ethan had to try to fix it so Zeena didn’t come home and see it and freak out more then she would’ve when she saw it trying to be fixed by gluing it back together. …show more content…
I think this is important to know about Ethan Frome being naturalism because not only is nature a major force in it but it is showing life how it is, because he isn’t able to get out because of winter.
This book is similar to the short story we read called Sculptors Funeral. I think they are both naturalism because they both show that life isn’t fair and there are larger forces in charge of the characters life (like winter setting in in Ethan Frome) that they can’t
I believe that Ethan Frome is naturalism because I feel like there was more things showing that choices didn’t matter like when Zeena hired a new housekeeper and forced Mattie out of the house where she had nowhere to go. I think it also naturalism because Ethan and Mattie had to find an alternative ways to still try to see each other after Mattie has to move away.
I also believe that Ethan Frome is naturalism because Ethan has to hurry home from work one night to get glue to try and fix the red pickle dish that the cat had knocked over and that had broke when it fell and hit the floor. It shows naturalism because Ethan had to try to fix it so Zeena didn’t come home and see it and freak out more then she would’ve when she saw it trying to be fixed by gluing it back together. …show more content…
I think this is important to know about Ethan Frome being naturalism because not only is nature a major force in it but it is showing life how it is, because he isn’t able to get out because of winter.
This book is similar to the short story we read called Sculptors Funeral. I think they are both naturalism because they both show that life isn’t fair and there are larger forces in charge of the characters life (like winter setting in in Ethan Frome) that they can’t