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Setting in Edith Wharton's short story Ethan Frome
Title: Setting in Edith Wharton's short story Ethan Frome
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1128 | Pages: 4.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Setting in Edith Wharton's short story Ethan Frome
A setting can have various effects on different people: it usually acts as either
a benefactor or cursor. More often then not, the setting tends to mirror a character's
feelings and/or emotions. In Edith Wharton's short story, Ethan Frome, the
protagonist, Ethan, has himself, ultimately become a victim of his surroundings
having "been in Starkfield too many winters" (5). A hindrance to Ethan and his
desires, the elements of winter and their terrible barrage on …showed first 75 words of 1128 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1128 total…a physical and psychological affect, as Ethan's own morality and resolve are
obscured by the harsh climate. Edith Wharton uses the landscape to reflect the nature
of the characters; Ethan, throughout, seems to embody the dismal and dreary
landscape of Starkfield. The use of different images, and other figurative language,
helps to emphasize critical traits of the characters, as well as helping the reader to
draw connections within themselves to the story through these settings.
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