To avoid saying things to Zeena that he doesn't mean, Ethan does not respond to her incessant complaining instead, he suffers in silence. She becomes a hypochondriac and Ethan finds himself captive to the farm, sawmill, and Zeena. Ethan would like nothing better than to move away however, Zeena will not leave Starkfield. Aware of the isolation and loneliness facing him after his mother's death, Ethan marries Zeena, a cousin who nursed his mother. He succumbs to his sense of duty and cares for his mother, who is ill, and the family farm and sawmill.
His studies are interrupted by the death of his father.
As a young man, Ethan began college, hoping to become an engineer. "Įthan's life has been quite miserable for over twenty years. When The Narrator first glimpses Ethan's face in an unguarded moment, he sees Ethan as a man who ". Ethan is a poor man who is simple, straightforward, and responsible. He has a "powerful look," that is "bleak and unapproachable." Everyone who knows Ethan respects his taciturnity. A "ruin of a man," according to The Narrator, he is still a "striking figure." He appears to be tall, though his "strong shoulders" are "bent out of shape." He has blue eyes and brown hair with a streak of light. Ethan Frome is the protagonist of the novel.
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