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ethan frome 2
chracters
Question | Answer |
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Ethan Frome | thoughtful, sensitive, extremely unhappy. trapped by society's standards in an unhappy marraige |
Zenobia (Zeena) Frome | Ethan's hypochondriac wife, domineering, cares for Ethan and Mattie in the end |
Mattie Silver | Ethan's love intrest, Zeena's cousin, turns querolous after the crash, not very good at working |
The Narrator | man working as engineer at Corbury Junction, stays with Mrs. Ned Hale, tells in first person the frame story |
Harmon Gow | retired stagecoach driver, tells the narrator info on Ethan's life |
Ruth Hale (Varnum) | lives with mother in family mansion, houses the narrator, was good friends with Mattie, married Ned |
Andrew Hale | The Mr. Hale Ethan sees for money advancements, Ned Hale's father |
Ned Hale | marries Ruth Varnum but is dead by the time of the frame story |
Mrs. Andrew Hale | Ned Hale's mother, sympathises with all of the Fromes, especially Ethan |
Denis Eady | wealthy Irish grocer, proprietor of a livery stable in Starkfiel, courts Mattie |
Jotham Powell | hired hand at the Frome farm |
Widow Homan | store owner who sells Ethan glue |
Aunt Martha Pierce | Zeena's aunt she stays with while seeing the doctor in Bettsbridge |
Dr. Buck | doctor in Bettsbridge, says Zeena has "complications" and needs a hired girl |
Aunt Philura maple | gave the pickle dish as a wedding gift |
Daniel Byrne | Frome's neighbor who takes Mattie's trunk to the train station |