Contrast of Zeena and Mattie in "Ethan Frome"
Title: Contrast of Zeena and Mattie in "Ethan Frome"
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 1249 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Contrast of Zeena and Mattie in "Ethan Frome"
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 1249 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Some decisions have an everlasting effect on one's life. Ethan Frome, the protagonist in Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome, is tormented by his passionate love for Mattie Silver, but is morally shackled to Zeena by the sacred bonds of marriage. After years of harsh life with his wife in the dreary town of Starkefield, Ethan comes to believe that his greatest chance at a happy life is with Mattie Silver, a cousin of Zeena, who has
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the gay Mattie to imply that Ethan's choice is obvious. However, Wharton includes scenes that show the resemblance of Mattie to Zeena to warn the unsuspecting Ethan that Mattie has another personality, which is just as bad as that of Zeena. In the end, Ethan realizes that Mattie had just been a wolf in a sheep's clothing and that from then on he had to carry burden to care for 2 invalids as well as himself.