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This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of place in "Ethan Frome". The ability of place to exert a negative impact on individuals through social and physical circumstances is explored. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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to take place in a rural setting. This singular distinction gives rise to an important consideration when interpreting the novel: the setting is different precisely because place is an important
determinant in the lives of individuals. Certainly, the primary setting of "Ethan Frome", the wintry town of Starkfield, is a place that exerts a profound impact upon the lives of
all of the characters who live there. In the context of the novel, it must be said that the sense of place experienced by Ethan Frome and the other characters
has an immensely negative impact upon their lives, in the sense of oppression through the social circumstances of place, the physical circumstances of place, and through the domestic stagnation associated
with place; of course, it must also be considered that the alternative is a possibility and that place might, in some circumstances, have a positive impact. This paragraph helps the
student explore how place exerts a negative impact through social circumstances. The first way in which place can have a negative impact in an individuals life is through the social
circumstances dictated by that place. At many points throughout Whartons novel, one can observe that Frome possesses a somewhat liberal and impassioned spirit that is harshly constrained by the Puritanical
moral rigidity of the town of Starkfield. This is exemplified in many scenes, such as the night that Frome spends alone with Mattie in his home. During this entire night,
Frome longs to kiss Mattie, or at least to expose his amorous feelings to her, but he finds himself unable to do so, primarily because of the manner in which
the house reminds him of his social obligations with its "ancient implications of conformity and order" (Source A). Later in the text, Frome is prevented from following through on his
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