The romantic tragedy, Ethan Frome was written by Edith Wharton. The novel takes place in the small town of Starkfield, Massachusetts in the early 1900s. Ethan Frome is the main character in the novel and is married to his wife Zeena. They live in an old farmhouse along with Mattie Silver, who came to live with them to be of assistance to Zeena around the house. Ethan is caught in a love triangle with his …showed first 75 words of 545 total…

…showed last 75 words of 545 total…have an entirety different look than one another. How they treat Ethan is always a huge difference, Mattie is extremely sweet and Zeena is hostile towards him. But of course they do have their similarities. They are both cousins and have strong feelings for Ethan. They also came to help with someone and end up living at the same house. They have different points of their lives that are similar and different from the others.