Wrap-up

Wrap Up
Choose any three questions
26. You are Julia Roberts. You have been offered your choice of the role of Mattie or Zeena in a new film based on Ethan Frome. You also have a choice of shooting the film in any location you wish. Wich of the roles would you choose to play and why? Where would you choose to have the film made? Why?
Answer: I would play Mattie because I'm sweet natured like her. I would film it in Starkfield, Massachusetts because that's where the setting of the book takes place.

27. If you could change the ending of the novel, how would you change it?
Answer: I would change it as to where Mattie & Ethan run away together before they have the sled accident. I would also change it as to where Ethan tells Zeena of his plans & she is ok with it & they live happily ever after. (:

28. When you read the last page of the novel, what were your thoughts? Be detailed.
Answer: I thought that Mrs. Hale was very opinionated about the whole situation. I also thought that it was suprising that she wanted Mattie to die. I'm not quite sure if Ethan died in the book or not or if Mrs. Hale is metaphorically speaking. She also feels sorry for Ethan because she believes that he suffers the most. Mrs. Hale seems to have a strong opinion about each of them: Zeena, Ethan, & Mattie.

Chapter 9 questions

Chapter 9
Choose any two questions.
22. The first-person narrator of the first part of this novel reappears in this chapter. He enters Ethan's kitchen. he speaks of the two women he sees and says he cannot distinguish which is Mattie and which is Zeena. List some things you feel could allow the narrator to know who is whom, based on your knowledge of the characters. You may use physical or emotional characteristics.
Answer: Mattie has prettier facial characteristics than Zeena. Mattie is nicer than Zeena.

23. Mrs. Hale is very honest with the narrator when she tells him that right after the accident, she wished that Mattie had died. Write a letter to Mrs. Hale telling her what you think of her feelings regarding Mattie's situation.
Answer: Dear Mrs. Hale, I think that your feelings towards Mattie are very much mispercieved. She is actually a really nice person & I understand that you wished that she had died but it's really not right to wish that someone would die when no one deserves that & i think you should really get to know her before you judge. Well I just thought that you should know.
Sincerely, Angel Lloyd

Chapter 8 questions

Chapter 8
Choose any three from Chapter 8
17. When Ethan comes back to the kitchen after checking the property, it is empty. He then finds a message Mattie has written to him on a scrap of paper with the words, "Don't trouble, Ethan." Write the interpretation you would put on the words that Mattie has written. Be detailed.
Answer: I think that she means don't be troubled by me leaving. She doesn't want him to be sad that she's leaving & get on with his life even though she loves him as much as he loves her.

18. We see the conflicts and choices Ethan is facing: his love for mattie is at war with his marriage to Zeena. After considering Ethan's thoughts, write what you think is the best thing Ethan should do and why you feel that way.
Answer: I think that Ethan should be with Mattie because he loves her & he doesn't love Zeena. I can't blame him, I wouldn't want to be with her either. She's just plain mean.

20. In the second to last paragraph in this chapter, we see Ethan's despair in as much as he can see no way out of the trap he feels his life as become. he seems to be a beaten, broken man. the term "devil's advocate" is sometimes used to describe a person who takes an opposite view for the purpose of an arguement. Imagine yourself as the "devil's advocate"; you feel that Zeena is the person who needs to be taken care of, that Ethan is emotionally immature and selfish, and that he deserves to suffer. Explain your point of view fully.
Answer: Zeena needs to be taken care of because she is very sick & needs someone to be there for her. She is always doing stuff for Ethan so it's time he do something for her. Ethan is immature and selfish because he wants to cheat on his wife & run away with Mattie even if it means sacrificing everything & hurting Zeena to be with Mattie.

Chapter 7 questions

Chapter 7
Choose any two questions
Zeena does not come down to dinner. After mattie and Ethan sit down to eat, mattie senses that something is wrong and guesses that Zeena is going to send her away. Throwing caution to the wind, the couple "melt" together, seemingly heedless of the fact that Zeena is upstairs. Suppose you are Mattie and you decide that there is one of three things you could do to keep from being separated from Ethan: choose one of the following options. Explain your choice in detail.
-You would go upstairs and plead with Zeena not to send you away, telling her that you would work your fingers to the bone to try to do everything exactly as she wishes it to be done.
-You would marry Enis Eady in order to stay in Starkfield to be near Ethan, planning on an ongoing affair with him despite your marriage.
-A different plan of your choosing.

Answer: I would go upstairs and plead with Zeena not to send me away. I choose this one because I wouldn't want to marry Enis Eady and because I think I could convince Zeena to let me stay.

15. The author has dropped hints that Zeena may know more about the relationship between Ethan and Mattie than she is letting on. One hint in this chapter is, "No, they're in a place you know don't about,' Zeena answered darkly, with one of her secret looks." What is your opinion of how much Zeena suspects about Mattie and Ethan? Leaf back through the novel to find examples to include in your analysis.

Answer: Zeena is talking about the pickle dish because she keeps asking who broke the dish & when Mattie finally tells her that the cat did break it but she got it down Zeena is really angry. She keeps asking her why she took it down & she says to make the table look pretty. Then Zeena goes on to say that she knew not to take it down because Zeena doesn't even take it down for the minister to use or her Aunt when she comes in from Bettsbridge.