Who Is Ethan Frome A Feminist

Central themes found in many short stories authored by early American women writers are the idea that men are prone to overly romanticizing that women have limited choices, and women are actually the ones in control. “Perilous Play”, “Ethan Frome”,” A New England Nun”, “A Yellow Paper”, “Trifles”, and “Transcendental Wild Oats” are a various selection of short stories that all have different plots but are extremely similar in the sense that they explicitly and implicitly demonstrate how Early American feminist literature is socially progressive in its criticism of the status quo. These themes are explored in the novel, which was then turned into a film called “The age of innocence”. Louisa May Alcott wrote “Transcendental Wild Oats” based

Ethan dreams of a life of leaving his wife Zeena for the housewife Mattie. However, he is never able to fully commit to choosing one woman. In the last chapter, Ethan has decided that he is going to commit suicide with Mattie. When they are going down the hill, the narrator informs the reader that “But suddenly his wife’s face, with twisted monstrous lineaments, thrust itself between him and his goal”. This quote show how even though it seems that Ethan has made his decision to be with Mattie the thought of his wife appears in his

This idea is found in the play “Trifles”. The play takes place in the Wright’s house, a murder scene. A county attorney and Sheriff are both looking for evidence all over the house and they are unable to find anything. Meanwhile, the women in the story Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale find the evidence when they find a dead yellow canary in her sewing box, the reader then finds out that Mr. Wright killed the canary. In the beginning of the story, Mrs.Hale says “It never seemed a cheerful place”, This provides the reader with the knowledge that the relationship between the Wrights was not a good one. On page four of the story Mrs. Hale says “ I heard she used to wear pretty clothes and be lively when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing in the choir. But that-oh, that was thirty years ago.” This quote demonstrates how before Mrs. Wright was married she was a cheerful, outgoing woman who used to sing in the church. This also shows how she represents the songbird. This represents that when Mr. Wright killed Mrs. Wright’s bird, he also killed a piece of her. In the end of the story when the county attorney is talking about Mrs. Peters he says she is “married to the law”(T 6). This is a double meaning because not only is she married to a sheriff but she is also married to the law of women. Because she is connected to the law of women, she covers up the evidence for