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Starkfield; where “the vitality of the climate and the deadness of the community” perfectly affects a place where nature is the ruling factor (Wharton 7). Edith Wharton 's Ethan Frome depicts a town that is heavily affected by nature and through her rich language, Wharton creates a world that is abundant with imagery, but lacking in the development of characters. It 's people are a product of their environment and thus cannot escape it 's role in their lives. Thus nature in the novel is…

Research Paper Ethan Frome Often times in literature, characters are depicted being lonely. Edith Wharton compelling novel, “Ethan Frome” is one such piece. Wharton’s portrayal of Ethan suggests that loneliness cause people to be heartbroken and isolated. Such illness can lead to physical and mental health issues. Throughout the novel, Wharton focuses on loneliness as a major theme. Ethan Frome is a very complex man. Ethan was aggravating to make a living for himself through farming, while…

The historical fiction genre of the novel aptly captures Ethan’s morose circumstances, encompassed by irony. Edith Wharton constantly used irony in her novel to delineate her characters and the blatant misery in the plot. One of the ironies was when Ethan repeatedly saw Zeena’s face in the rocking chair while coasting; this instance is ironic because of how Ethan…

Edith Wharton, a profound author of novels and short stories, in the 20th century, has a significant and unique twist on every page. Her writing style is all her own with the way she uses powerful imagery and ironic endings to create a literary masterpiece. Wharton begins to write at a slow pace, then invites the reader deeper into the plot as they get deeper into the book. The novel Ethan Frome and short story “Roman Fever”, both works of literature by Edith Wharton, show how Wharton layers her…

For this week’s assignment, I decided to participate in the study titled, Improving Witness Identification by researchers Mitchell Seymour and Mai Trinh of Edith Cowan University. The “aim of this study is to investigate processes that underlie identification procedures in the criminal justice system” (Scott, 2015). This study is presented in the format of a questionnaire, which is “a valuable way of gathering information about large numbers of people. [T]he results of questionnaires can be…

In Ethan Frome, author Edith Wharton illustrates that archetypal images are prominent in her novel through the characters of Mattie and Zenna, who show the struggle of Ethan Frome and his hardship of a decision of picking a girl. Mattie, Ethan’s love interest, is representative of summer, hope, warmth and the love that she has for Ethan. On the contrary Zeena, Ethan’s wife, represents winter, cold, everlasting, desolation, and a only half alive state of mind and being. Both of these characters…

Everything changed after she married her husband Ethan. She was no longer the young girl taking care of a woman who needed help, but she was now the woman who needed help by another person. Her husband Ethan fell in love with her during a winter storm kind of in a forced relationship because they were both lonely, especially Ethan who just lost his mother. Zeena was staying in the house until she found a place to live, but Ethan soon fell in love with her since she was the only female nearby,…

The changing of the weather, the once joyful elements of a winter now gone. As the season comes to an end, a family’s relationship begins to wither away and die as they fight for a reason that is all too real in families today. This sets the scene for Raymond Carver’s short story, “Popular Mechanics.” “Popular Mechanics” opens with the husband of the family packing his suitcase in what appears to be the aftermath of a divorce. It then spirals into a domestic dispute between the wife and…

In the novels, The Age of Innocence written by Edith Wharton and The Call of the Wild written by Jack London, there are two main characters that change entirely as the novels progress. These characters are reshaped by outside events that bring out their true inner selves that were hidden away because of their specific societies. The impact of external events and actions are what make these characters in the end. Newland Archer from The Age of Innocence, began as a man made from society norms. He…

Set in the harsh winter landscape of Starkfield, Massachusetts, the characters in the novel Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton are profoundly impacted by the challenges and struggles that result from the austere surroundings. As a member of New York City’s elite upper class, Edith Wharton wrote numerous books with a setting in New York City and the upper class. However, Ethan Frome has a very different setting and the characters, therefore go through very different challenges and struggles. The plot…