To see a doctor about her shooting pains
Zeena Parkins was born in 1956.
Zeena was lively, efficient, smart, and filled with household wisdom.
Ethan had told Zeena that he had been working on the farm during a particularly difficult winter, but in reality, he was spending time with Mattie Silver, his love interest. This small deception was rooted in his desire to shield Zeena from the truth and to protect his own feelings of guilt and frustration about their strained marriage. The falsehood highlights Ethan's internal conflict and the emotional distance between him and Zeena.
In Edith Wharton’s "Ethan Frome," Zeena expresses jealousy and suspicion towards Mattie Silver, viewing her as a threat to her marriage with Ethan. Zeena's comments often reflect her bitterness and possessiveness, portraying Mattie as an unwelcome presence in their home. She perceives Mattie’s youth and vitality as a contrast to her own declining health and increasing resentment, ultimately seeking to remove her from their lives.
r u talking about the quote on page 70 talking about Ethan and his wife "endurance" and how they lived for 50 years together in peace? if so it is ironic because the the narrator refers to Zeena as "endurance" meaning they didn't live a loveing and passionate life they just endured and its ironic because she endured even though Ethan wants her to go away or "die" so he can live his life out with mattie but this is a fantasy and not reality. Ethans views on Zeena are not adoring they are full of malice he did mean to marry zeena he just didn't want to be lonely and turn into his mother "crazy" and then die. So out of desperation he married her and it didn't plan out so well so even though he wishes zeena dead she still "endures" and continues to run his life until she has mastered him and he abhors her for that. Zeena= life stuck in starkfield with nothing to look up to, depressing. Mattie= uplifting life, everything he want but can't have!
Zeena Parkins was born in 1956.
Zeena Schreck was born on 1963-11-19.
Zeena was lively, efficient, smart, and filled with household wisdom.
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she is a woozguide
Zeena says that he has started shaving daily since Mattie arrived.
Thirty-five at the time of the accident.....
Ethan's growing bitterness towards Zeena is fueled by her constant ill health, resulting in a sense of entrapment in his marriage. Zeena's critical and domineering nature further exacerbates his feelings of resentment towards her. Ethan perceives Zeena as an obstacle to his happiness and desires, leading to an amplified hatred over time.
he wants mattie and doesn't like zeena
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Ethan marries Zeena because he feels like he has to. Zeena helped his mom while she was sick, and then she got sick herself. Ethan felt like he had to marry her.