Ethan’s World of Silence in the Novel, Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (1492 words, 5 pages)
Ethan Frome, the title character of Edith Wharton's tragic novel, livesin his own world of silence, where he replaces his scarcity of words withimages and fantasies. There is striking symbolism in the imagery,predominantly that of winter which connotes frigidity, detachment, bleaknessand seclusion.Twenty-eight year old Ethan feels trapped in his hometown ...
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