How strong is Ethan Frome?

When the narrator arrives in Starkfield, he is struck by Ethan's powerful appearance, in spite of his lameness. As the novel progresses, we see that Ethan has strong moral principles and is kind and generous. He has the stoic courage of endurance, as is suggested by his identification with the tombstone marking the graves of his ancestor Ethan Frome and his wife Endurance.

However, he lacks strength of character. He would rather dream than act, and every time he has an impulse to rebel against his circumstances, he allows it to peter out. He allows Zeena's illness to destroy his hopes of moving to a town to study and work as an engineer.

And though he recognises the futility of devoting his life to Zeena, as is clear from his unsent goodbye note to her, he is unable to leave her and take up with Mattie. The only decision he makes and follows through is the suicide pact with Mattie - though this was, in fact, Mattie's plan, with which he simply went along. Suicide is not a postive ... more.

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