Ethan Frome Test Flashcards
Takes care of the sick Frome
Mattie
Goes to the post office everyday
Ethan Frome
Has a romantic interest in Mattie
Ethan Frome
Falls in love with a married man
Mattie
Refuses to stay for dinner at the Fromes
Johtham Powell
Sells her piano
Mattie
Shares his copy of “Popular Mechanics”
The Narrator
Is symbolic for the pickle dish
Ethan Frome
Tries to repair the pickle dish before Zenna returns
Ethan Frome
Refuses to give Ethan an advance
Andrew Hale
Helps Mattie move her trunk
Ethan Frome
Wants Mattie to leave
Zeena
Becomes fascinated with Frome
The Narrator
Lies about getting paid in advance for work
Ethan Frome
Was forced to stay overnight at the Frome Farm
The Narrator
Quit college for family reasons
Ethan Frome
Refuses to abandon Zeena
Ethan Frome
List 5 of the 7 major themes
Poverty Isolation Lost Potential Determinism Repressed Passion
Tell how each of the 3 main characters are trapped in poverty.
Ethan cannot leave the farm he has no education due to his family’s poverty
Zeena is too ill to provide for herself and Ethan is not heartless enough to leave her
Mattie is penniless and must rely on her cousin’s family for financial support
How does Zenna foreshadow Matie?
Zeena was once a vibrant and lively young woman. She is no longer due to the harsh life on the Frome farm.Mattie’s actions are parallel Zeena’s from the night before
Give an example of the Environment’s power over man from the novel.
Sleet makes work slow
Give two examples of how Ethan is the pickle dish.
Zeena possesses Ethan;she clings to him
When Zeena verbally attacks Mattie it’s hard to tell if she is speaking about the dish or about Ethan
How is the foreshadowing revealed in chapter 9?
The reader already knew that Ethan had a terrible accident and that he lived through it
How is Chapter 10 Zenna’s chapter?
Zeena is in complete control, Ethan needs her now, Mattie no longer poses a threat. All is stable and fixed; just like Zeena wants it to be
How the story is framed
By an anonymous first-person narrator
What is an extension of Starkfield?
Frome (think old Ethan)
Zeena-turns from a lively vibrant woman to a sickly hypochondriac
Ethan’s Mom-Slowly goes insane
What does the glue represent?
Frustrations and Unfulfilled Plans
The novel’s setting
Starkfield
What does the glue represent?
Frustrations and Unfulfilled Plans
Which character is associated with honor?
Ethan
Ethan’s relationship with Zeena
He owes her
Determinism in EF
Marriage
Naturalism in EF
The Sled Ride-Free will and fate
Naturalism in EF
The Sled Ride-Free will and fate
The cat and the mouse
Mattie and Ethan
The cat and the rocking chair
Guilt
The red pickle dish
Ethan Frome
The sled ride
Free will
The dilapidated kitchen
Poverty
Choose one of the 7 major themes of the novel and explain how it is developed throughout the novel.
Poverty. Poverty is big in this story. All 3 characters are trapped with poverty in some way. Ethan cannot leave the farm because he has no education because of his parents health. Zeena is too ill to provide for herself and Ethan is not heartless enough to leave her.Mattie is penniless and must rely on her cousin’s family for financial support. Regarding the poverty of Zeena, she refuses to use her pickle dish. The reason she gets so fussy over her possession with the dish is because of poverty. At the end of the story poverty has become a soul destroyer, Ethan is forced into happiness over and over, and Mattie is too crippled to leave the farm. Poverty over takes these characters life’s little by little.
