![]() ![]() The book/field uses the color red-red pickle dish as a symbol of shuttering death. Their tears hint at something unpleasant to come as they both know this might be the last time for them to see each other. Ethan and Mattie are about to share a fun sled ride down the hill. Another example is Ethan and Mattie's sled ride in chapter 9 which foreshadows subsequent failed suicide attempt. Ethan's disability is foreshadowing as it shows in his story that he is going to go through some intense physical trauma (Bernard 182). In the introduction to the story, Ethan is described as a crippled man who had a 'smash-up' foreshadowing his relationship with Mattie will be a tragic end. In the novel Ethan Frome, foreshadowing is used to explain the plot conflict. In the movie, one expects some action and even in this dreary, somber tale, the writers are able to make it happen. ![]() ![]() The movie version of the story is a simpler adaptation and takes less time to get into filtration between Ethan and Mattie. The narrator here is not told the entire story by his landlady Ruth unlike when the narrator is a minister. In the book, the narrator, Edith Wharton is an engineer, who gleaned Ethan's tragic story from different sources and figured the sad tale during his visit to Frome farm. ![]()
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