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"Against the dark of the kitchen she stood up tall and angular, one hand drawing a quilted counterpane to her flat breast, while the other held her lamp..."
This quote is important because it reveals the features of Zeena, Ethan's wife, of being old,bony, and ugly. Zeena's features are describe in a negative way in which the reader shouldn't be attracted to. Being ugly is the worse thing to be describe as or looked at, Ethan just doesn't seem to be attracted to her because her old age. This is why Ethan then falls in love with Mattie because she is young and gorgeous. Zeena can't top looking or being like Mattie. All that Zeena has for Ethan is convention and Ethan's inertia. This helps Zeena by preventing Ethan from fulfilling his dreams and passions. not only does it reveal old,bony, and ugliness it also reveals sickness and death. When old age comes that's the time to worry about dying and what to do if it happens. Once the narrator talks about the hollow and prominences in her face, its ring of crimping , it is emphasizes the ugliness Zeena has. Being a picture of death strongly shows that it is opposing life in general. I just feel sorry for Zeena for being that ugly and for Ethan, good gracious your with that. I guess he is making the right move in order to be with Mattie instead of death.