Main characterEthan Frome

Main characterZeena (Ethan’s wife)

Main characterMattie (wife’s cousin)

This story happened in the Starkfield a city of England. Narrator tells story. He had to stay Starkfield during a hard winter. He saw Ethan Frome and was very interest to know about Ethan Frome.

The narrator hires Ethan Frome as his driver for a week. One night in a hurricane Ethan Frome take narrator to his home for shelter.

The second chapter flashes back twenty years. Mattie (his wife’s cousin) lives with Ethan and his wife Zeena to help since Zeena is sickly.

Mattie care of the Frome family without pay, Ethan has deep feelings for Mattie and Zeena suspects these feelings.

When Zeena leaves home for two day to treatment for her illness in a neighboring city, Ethan is excited to have an evening alone with Mattie.

However they never show their passion for each other in their evening together. The Fromes' cat breaks Zeena’s favorite dish which Mattie had set on the table. Ethan sets the dish's pieces in the cupboard to fix it soon.

The next day, Ethan goes to find one bottle of glue to repair the dish. He goes back to the farm and tells Mattie that he found the glue to fix dish. Mattie tells that Zeena has come back and is upstairs.

Zeena tells him that she has hired a new girl to replace Mattie. Ethan says that there is not enough money to hire a new girl, although he is angry and goes downstairs to Mattie for dinner. He tells Mattie.

Zeena comes down to eat dinner and discovers the broken dish.

Ethan wishes to run away with Mattie, but realizes that Zeena would be left with nothing and have no money to support Mattie.

Ethan takes Mattie to the train station Ethan and Mattie confess their love

Ethan and Mattie decide to sleigh ride down a dangerous trail.

Mattie and Ethan agree to die together. At the last minute, they hit the tree, but both survive.

The story ends 20 years later. Zeena must care Mattie and Ethan.

Writer purpose

The writer wants to show how Ethan falling in love and decides in the bad situation so they never can compensate the past and he has to live hard and Zeena must care Mattie and Ethan for a long time.

Writer purpose

Linguistic

Dialog: I asked her

But when I asked her, she just looked unhappy and said in a low voice ‘Yes, I knew them both … it was awful …’ I asked other people, and everybody in Skarkfield agree that Ethan Frome had had more troubles in his life than most people.

Slang: … it was awful …’ Device: unhappy (Sad)

What happening in this paragraphIn this paragraph narrator is very

interest to know about Ethan and He asked her, she just looked and said “Yes, I knew them both”

Metaphorical

inference: pulling himself along.

He was a noticeable figure. His tall, Strong body was badly twisted, and much shorter on the right side than on the left. He move slowly and painfully, pulling himself along.

What happening in this paragraphIn this paragraph narrator try to

describe some physical problem of Ethan that He was a noticeable figure. And He move slowly and painfully.