Chopin and Wharton are extremely successful in driving their readers to explore their own morals and ethics. Part of their success is due to the in-depth thinking they cultivate with “grey areas”, plots in the novel that do not necessarily have a correct or right answer. Those moments in the novels mark places for the reader to think differently and maybe concede some of the ethics they once believed in or never really considered. For example, in Ethan Frome Ethan is presented with two general options, to leave his old, wicked, and manipulative wife or, conversely, he can leave their marriage and go after his true love. A difficult decision leads to different answers, neither may be right, leading to a self-examination in order to determine