Ethan Frome

          Ethan is the actual protagonist of the story. Ethan is a farmer and many of his family have lived and died on this same farm in Massachusetts. Ethan has a connection to the youth, a mystical appreciation for nature and a connection with Mattie, his wife's cousin. He is a fairly decent person, who lacks emotional strength. Ethan had a lot of problems with showing how he felt and why he felt those emotions. He was never a man of violence or anything like that he just wanted something different and was kind of tired of being with someone who was old.


"Even then he was the most striking figure in Starkfield, though he was but the ruin of a man". (Page.36)