Ethan Frome · Character
Michael Eady
Denis Eady's father, a wealthy Irish immigrant storekeeper.
minor
Also known as Eady
First appearance: ii
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With Zeena Frome (social): Michael Eady, a local storekeeper, has a business-based acquaintance with Zeena, supplying her household. With Ethan Frome (social): Ethan has a casual, transactional relationship with Michael…
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Peripheral Townsfolk and Kin
- Starkfield Community Observers
- Frome Household Circle
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Zeena Frome
social · ambivalent
- Ethan Frome
social · ambivalent
- Zeena Frome
social · ambivalent
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See Michael Eady in ii