Ethan Frome - Chapter 1

Changes from the previous conversational tone of the narrator

Seems more dramatic and a large contrast from the prologue

Creates a sense of drama and excitement

Inside/Outside the church contrast

Inside

Warm

Colourful

Vibrant

Happy

Outside

Cold

Reflects Ethans mood

Adds to the sadness of the scene

Dark

Plain

Depressive

Seperates Ethan from the community/society inside

Mattie

"twisting","fluttering"

Shows mattie as a person worth noticing

Cherry-Red Scarf

Symolises sin and wrong doing

Mattie

The cousin of Ethans Wife

Adored by ethan

Vry vibrant and energetic

Ethan

Shown to be dragged down

Likes his place outside the church as a voyeur as he is unnoticed

Bitter

Shown when he is thinking about Dennis Eady

Wishes he was dancing with Mattie

Dislikes his wife

Was married prematurely

Regrets marrying her

Denis Eady

A leader

Shown when he calls everyone back onto the dancefloow

A complete contrast to Ethan

Energetic

Cultured

Is confident dancing

Whaton adds information on Ethans dislike for Zeena and his liking for mattie in peices

Softens the blow a bit and reduces dislike for Ethan

Wharton lets us know that Ethan is infactuated with Mattie before telling us that he is married to Zeena

Wharton introduces Mattie and Denis before thay have any dialogue, letting the reader make thier own opinions