The three main characters in the story of Ethan Frome were Zeena, Ethan, and Mattie. The story didn’t start of describing Ethan in too much detail but then it slowly began describing his lustly actions toward a woman other than his wife. Ethan had run into this woman on the street and had instant affection towards her, which he had later found out was his wife, Zeena's’, cousin Mattie. He had come in one day with her and his wife had felt some suspicion and packed bags and sent them all off to leave. As the story goes on Zeena shows us a strong sense of a “monster” in a way and was quite scary in the sense that she was practically in his conscious. One way to avoid tragedy throughout the story is the relationship between Mattie and Ethan. They