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Ethan Frome

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poverty, rural living
"ethan frome" reacts strongly against a strain of literature romanticizing ____ and ___ ___.
1910
the year edith & morton's relationship ended
rural setting
"ethan frome's" ___ ____ is different from wharton's other works
married
wharton and morton's relationship was doomed because he was...
unforgiving, hostile
to wharton, nature may be beautiful, but it is also ___ and ___ to human life and desires
tragic flaw
a tragic hero's fault is being in the wrong place with the wrong set of skills, otherwise known as...
control
In many of whartons novels, human beings seem to have very little ___ over their own lives
passionate, doomed
wharton's affair with morton was ___ but ___
tragic hero
the protagonist seems to be defeated through no fault of their own
doomed passion
the force of ___ ___ is a central theme of "ethan frome"
naturalism
Wharton was deeply interested in the philosophical/literary movement of...
naturalism
explores the power of the environment over man
circumstance, chance
Wharton's characters are always the victims of ___, ___, or heredity
ethan frome
___ ___ was an excercise assigned to wharton by her french teacher
human morality
Naturalists believed the world is selective, unforgiving, and unconcerned by ___ ___.
tragedy
characters meet tragic ends
1908
what year did wharton begin an affair with morton?

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