Cecilia Harchegani 02/22/17 Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton A brilliant novel by Edith Wharton present a non-typical love story. Ethan Frome and his wife’s cousin Mattie Silver fall in love, however, they cannot be together because of sick Zeena. Despite strong feelings experienced by both Ethan and Mattie, they realize they cannot overcome Ethan’s marriage and his responsibility for his disabled wife. The novel is full of deep symbolism. A broken pickle dish appears to be one of the most important and vivid symbols of fractured marriage of Zeena and Ethan. The symbol of the pickle dish is valuable, because this was Zeena’s favorite wedding present, and she liked him very much. When she moved to visit her doctor to the town nearby, Ethan and