In both the novel Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton and the poem Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost, the theme of isolation was quite evident. In the two

of these literary works, the main characters are isolated both emotionally and physically.

In Ethan Frome, the setting of Starkfield, Massachusetts isolates Ethan physically from a life of happiness. The author's specific use of Starkfield, in

its etymology, is the essence of isolation. Starkfield can be disjoined into two words; "Stark" and "field". Stark, according

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