... , and Ethan follows. When this fails, they survive the accident and become, Mattie, a paraplegic, and as for Ethan, a crippled man. On the day of the accident their intentions are made clear when Wharton writes "they descended the darkness with them, dropping down like a black veil from the heavy hemlock boughs" (223). The author uses this to foreshadow that something bad ... dark head under the cherry-colored scarf" (188). During this time he was looking at Mattie in the church through a big crowd of dancing people and the red scarf makes her stand out just as she does in Ethan's heart....

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... readers to what he or she thinks about the characters and events by using certain literary elements. Such techniques used are characterization, setting, symbolism, irony, and imaging. These methods help us as the reader, to form an opinion about characters that Edith Wharton has created. It is difficult as ... to say the least. Edith Wharton makes the readers want to cringe while reading about her. When describing Zeena there is always a reference to cold, darkness, sickness, or death. She walks through this book like a plague spreading gloom throughout the pages. As this lifeless, isola...

• Word Count: 1743
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School