Connecting+Ethan+Frome+to+the+Real+World

Introduction- Chapter 1
Chapter one starts off as Ethan Frome picking up Mattie Silver, cousin and caregiver of his wife, Zeena, from a church dance. He is looking at Denis Eady and Mattie dance through a window. It is then, the reader is aware of Ethan's affection and admiration towards Mattie as he is mesmerized by her swift movements and gracefulness. This scene can be connected to the scene in Shakespeare's //Romeo and Juliet// when Romeo spots Juliet dancing among the crowd and is quickly enchanted. Romeo is then motivated to pursue Juliet as is Ethan to Mattie. Both scenes in //Romeo and Juliet// and //Ethan Frome// show the feelings the males have gained for their lover in the books and shares very similar settings.

=Chapter 2- Chapter 3 = //Ethan Frome// Connects to the real world in the case of the movie //Hall Pass//. Ethan falls in love or is mesmerized by a young woman Mattie just as the main character Owen Wilson in //Hall Pass// has fallen for all the young women he sees. In both cases the man has lost love for their wife, and have their passion rekindled by a young woman.

=Chapter 4- Chapter 5 = This story is set in the late 1800's and early 1900's which was the beginning of the industrial revolution where the majority of technological advancements in transportation and communications occurred. This gave everyone more opportunities to reach their goals, for example, Zeena was able to travel greater distances to search for treatments for her illness. This time period represented a great turning point in American history as it did for the entire world. The fact that this novel was written in this time period is significant because it was a time period when people began to see huge advancements in the worlds technology, thus, giving people greater things to aspire to and more chances and opportunities to actually accomplish those aspirations. =Chapter 6- Chapter 7 = "Secret Lovers" by Atlantic Starr Verse Here we are, the two of us together, Taking this crazy chance to be all alone, We both know that we should not be together, Cause if they find out it could mess up, Both our happy homes I hate to think about us not together, As soon as I look at you it will show on my face, Then they'll know that we've been loving each other, We can't let'em know, girl, no, no, We can't leave a trace. Chorus Secret lovers that's what we are, We should not be together, But we can't let go cause we love each other so. Verse Sitting at home I do nothing all day But I think about you and hope that you're okay, Hoping you call before anyone gets home I wait anxiously alone by the phone. How could something so wrong be so right, I whish we didn't have to put our love out of sight, Living two lives just ain't easy at all, But we gotta hang on in there or fall <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Chorus <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Secret lovers that's what we are, Trying so hard to hide the way we feel, Cause we both belong to someone else, But we can't let go cause what we feel is oh so real... So real, So real... <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Bridge <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">You and me, Are We friends, Is this cool, Or do we care ? Can they tell what's in our mind ? Or maybe we'll be secret lovers all of the time ? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In the middle of making love we notice the time, We both get nervous 'cause it's way after nine, Even though we hate it we know it's time that we go, We gotta be careful so that no one will know. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Chorus <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Secret lovers that's what we are, Trying so hard to hide the way we feel, Cause we both belong to someone else, But we can't let go cause what we feel is oh so real... So real, So real...

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">This connects to the chapters because this is when Mattie and Ethan are alone in the house for the first time because Zeena is out of town. Ethan tries to hide the way he feels because he knows they cannot be together, and he knows that if anything happens, it would mess a lot of things up. They would be considered "secret lovers." =<span style="color: #49c238; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Chapter 8- Chapter 9 = <span style="color: #49c238; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In this section, Mattie and Ethan are in love but are being forced apart by Zeena. They are determined to be together, and agree that death would be better than not being together. They can't imagine their lives without each other, so they plan to kill themselves in order to be together. This is similar to the book //Romeo and Juliet// by Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lovers but couldn't be together on account of their families' past disputes. However, they couldn't stand the thought of living separate lives without being together, so they kill themselves to be with each other. Both books include star-crossed lovers who cannot be together because of other people in their lives not allowing it, and both couples plan to kill themselves so they won't have to be apart.