A Summary of the Tragic Novel, Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (1523 words, 3 pages)
Ethan Frome, the title character of Edith Wharton's tragic novel, lives in his own world of silence, where he replaces his scarcity of words with images and fantasies. There is striking symbolism in the imagery, predominantly that of winter which connotes frigidity, detachment, bleakness and seclusion.Twenty-eight year old Ethan feels ...
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