In the book Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton the concepts of love, isolation and silence are explored. In the book the idea of love is explored throughout in the love triangle of Ethan, Mattie and Zeena. The idea of isolation is explored when the snows come to Starkfield and Ethan’s life spent their. Silence is explored in the story when Ethan can’t tell Mattie that he loves her, it is also explored when Ethan can’t tell Zeena that he want’s Mattie to stay. In the book Ethan and Mattie have a constant unspoken of love for eachother. Ethan in the beginning of the book is very jealous of Mattie's lover at the time Denis Eady, because Ethan loves Mattie and is jealous that she seems to love Denis. This explores the side of love where jealousy comes