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A 6 page paper which illustrates how Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome is a tragic hero. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and as a child and woman was "a naturally gifted storyteller" (Werlock). One of her most famous, and perhaps heart wrenching, stories is Ethan Frome. The following
paper examines this story and illustrates how the character of Ethan is a tragic hero. Ethan Frome: Tragic Hero In order
to examine how Ethan Frome is a tragic hero it is perhaps important to understand and discuss what makes a tragic hero. For the most part a tragic hero is
someone who does something considered powerful and selfless to some extent. A tragic hero is also someone with vulnerabilities and weaknesses. A tragic hero must have these qualities because it
makes them human and accessible by the reader/audience. If a hero is without weaknesses or vulnerability the reader/audience will not relate to them and as such they must do something
brave and sefless while also struggling with their weaknesses. As will be seen, Ethan Frome can clearly be argued as being a tragic hero.
In first looking at the character of Ethan, one author notes, "Whartons central themes were the conflict between social and individual fulfillment, repressed sexuality, and the manners of
old families and the nouveau riche, who had made their fortunes in more recent years" (Books and Writers). For the most part this sums up a great deal of the
story of Ethan Frome. In this story one can see that he is a man seeking some sort of fulfillment for himself, and a man who is seeking social fulfillment.
He is also a man who is sexually repressed. And it is perhaps in these themes or elements that one can see how Ethan Frome is a tragic hero.
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