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Press ESC to cancel. Jotham, who normally Chapter 7. Ethan calls Zeena 's name, but when she does not answer he goes up to their room. Zeena , sitting When Ethan objects angrily to the cost, Zeena shouts back at him that she would have been ashamed to tell the doctor that Struggling with rage and disgust, Ethan tells Zeena that he lacks the money to pay for a hired girl and that he will Ethan humbly apologizes to Zeena for being a poor man and says he will do the best he can for Mattie's voice sounds from the landing, calling Ethan and Zeena to supper.
Zeena says she's not coming down and Ethan calls out that he will Realizing that he has been "mastered" by Zeena , Ethan looks at his wife with loathing. His helplessness makes him hate her, and he Mattie is bewildered, and Ethan is forced to tell her that the doctor has ordered Zeena to get a hired girl, which Mattie realizes would force her to leave.
Ethan says he won't let her leave, and that he will stand up to Zeena. At that moment Zeena comes down from the bedroom and sits at the table. Chapter 8. As he writes, Ethan is besieged with doubts about whether Zeena will be able to sell the farm, and how she will keep it going until Mattie he thinks things will "straighten out" and not to take any notice of what Zeena says.
At breakfast, Zeena is unusually alert and active. While Ethan looks on, she criticizes Mattie for neglecting the At the Hale's house, Mrs. Andrew Hale greets Ethan and expresses sympathy for Zeena 's poor health and for Ethan's troubles. Ethan is grateful for her sympathy, and continues on Chapter 9. Zeena calls to them to hurry and Ethan and Mattie maneuver the trunk down the stairs At dinner, Ethan cannot bring himself to eat.
Zeena eats hungrily and offers Jotham seconds, though ordinarily she ignores him. She also accuses Mattie Zeena protests but Ethan is firm. Zeena tries a second time, demanding that Ethan stay to Zeena goes upstairs without saying goodbye, complaining of shooting pains in her legs. With a feeling At that moment Mattie pulls out the letter Ethan began writing to Zeena the night before.
He asks Mattie if she would have gone west with him, but Ethan thinks of going back to his intolerable life with Zeena , and kisses Mattie again, stroking her hair. Just before they strike the tree, a vision of Zeena 's face appears before him, and as he tries to brush it aside the sled swerves, No one knows what Zeena was thinking, she says, but as soon as Mattie could be moved, Zeena took her The first is right after Mattie and Ethan crash into the elm tree, at the end of Chapter 9.
The second ending happens at the end of the Epilogue, 24 years later. The first shocking thing that Ruth says is that if Mattie had died , Ethan could have lived. Pekka Sagastizabal Pundit. Who broke the pickle dish in Ethan Frome? The broken pickle dish that Zeena discovers at the top of the china closet symbolizes the shattered Frome marriage. Mattie is partially responsible for the breaking of both the pickle dish and the marriage, having handled them carelessly, and Ethan cowardly hides the broken state of each.
Bouarfa Gomez Teacher. Why does Mattie live with Ethan and Zeena? Why has Mattie come to live with Ethan and his wife Zeena? Mattie has come to live with Ethan and Zeena because she has come to help out with house work. At this point, Mattie has been living with them for one year.
The comment suggests that Ethan and Zeena's marriage is slowly ending since they were never in love. Burkhard Rise Teacher. How did Mattie's father died? Matilda's father died when she was young, having fallen off of a ladder two months after the coffeehouse was opened 2.
He was 35 years old at the time. Jenelle Lener Teacher. How does Ethan Frome feel about Denis Eady? Ethan does not like Denis Eady as he is jealous of him. As can be seen from this quote, Ethan's jealousy colours the whole scene.
In his eyes, Denis Eady is full of impudence and nothing short of a cad; he wonders that Mattie can even bear to be near him. Yeiko Salavis Teacher. Why are Mattie and Ethan drawn to each other?
The whole reason Ethan is attracted to Mattie in the first place is because she is the complete opposite of Zeena in both personality and looks. At the end of the novel, after the accident, we find that Mattie is more like Zeena than we originally were led to believe.
Ethan fears that she knows his innermost thoughts. The extent of Zeena's authority is such that Ethan and Mattie are both uneasy when reminded of her; Mattie can not even sit comfortably in Zeena's rocking chair while Zeena is in Bettsbridge. Ethan's last impression before the sled hits the elm tree is that he sees a horribly disfigured specter of Zeena's face.
Despite her undesirable qualities, Zeena responds to the tragedy with stoic endurance as she takes the responsibility for the care of Ethan and Mattie. Her thoughts about the smash-up are not revealed. Zeena continues to find fault and complain; however she is finally drawn out of her hypochondriac self-indulgence by the need to care for others.
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