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First Meeting

First Meeting. Elements of Fiction . Exposition - . Inciting Incident. Characterization -. Indirect characterization. Context. Speaker is a stranger to Starkfield Encounters Ethan Frome at the post office Local people provide a few details, but no real satisfaction Family tragedy

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First Meeting

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  1. First Meeting

  2. Elements of Fiction Exposition - Inciting Incident Characterization - Indirect characterization

  3. Context • Speaker is a stranger to Starkfield • Encounters Ethan Frome at the post office • Local people provide a few details, but no real satisfaction • Family tragedy • Big Smash-up • Speaker employs Ethan Frome • Speaker creates a version of Ethan’s story

  4. The Passage

  5. Significance • Introduction to Ethan Frome • Ethan Frome as a Tragic Figure • The suspense of a mysterious past • The tragedy of lost possibilities, lost happiness

  6. The Writer’s Art • Creation of suspense • Physical description – the fallen hero • Metaphor – Ethan and the landscape • Juxtaposition

  7. The Writer’s Purpose • Ethan as heroic and extraordinary • Tragedy of a twisted body and a wasted life • The lingering warmth and desire • How did it all come to this?

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