The second theme in Ethan Frome is the winter setting. Not only does the winter setting add a cold, mysterious, and somewhat of a sad feel to the novel. The dark winter setting adds to the heartbreak that Ethan Frome is going through considering that he cannot be with the one that he truly loves.
"One would have supposed that such an atmosphere must quicken the emotions as well as the blood; but it seemed to produce no change except that of retarding still more the sluggish pulse of Starkfield." (pg. 13)
"One would have supposed that such an atmosphere must quicken the emotions as well as the blood; but it seemed to produce no change except that of retarding still more the sluggish pulse of Starkfield." (pg. 13)
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