Part one of term paper
Entrapment or Cowardice in ? Corey James Haygood American Studies Honors, Periods 3 & 4 Ms. Gossard 3/3/2000 Throughout Edith Wharton’s novel , Ethan is forced to make crucial decisions that affect the outcome of his life and others’ lives. He regrets most of the outcomes of his decisions and wishes he could change them. Yet, when given ...

Part two of term paper
... hurting someone else’s life. Ethan’s parents trapped him and forced him to not fulfilling his education. Later, not only did Zeena trap Ethan into marriage; he stays trapped for the rest of his life. Finally, Ethan’s love for Mattie forces them both in a permanent state of disability. It is not Ethan’s cowardice, which kept him from achieving his goals; he is trapped. Ethan was not always trapped. When he was younger, he actually went to college. “…he [Ethan Frome] had tak ...