Ethan Frome Ethan Frome is a story about a man who is torn between love and security. Ethan marries Zeena for security after he is left alone be his mother’s death. When Zeena becomes ill, Mattie, a female relation is sent for. During her years stay Ethan falls in love with her. The movie version is much less satisfying than the novel. There are more significant diffrences between the movie and novel. There are …showed first 75 words of 389 total…

…showed last 75 words of 389 total…worte a note to Zeena to tell her that he had gone to the west to try to start a new life with Mattie but in the movie it never even showed him start to write the letter. Even though there are some similiatires between the movie and the novel, the diffrences out weight the similiarities. Some of the diffrences include the expected look and actions of the characters, omissions and additions to the plot.