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 * There are several themes in Ethan Frome. Review the themes on this website.**
 * http://www.gradesaver.com/ethan-frome/study-guide/section4/**
 * One theme surrounds the price paid by man for rural and psychological isolation.**
 * Another theme might be the redemptive power and limitations of love.**
 * One theme over which great minds have argued for years concerns fate versus free will.**


 * Does man control his own destiny by his decisions and free will, or does fate determine man's destiny?**


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 * After watching the video, take the following poll. Decide if Ethan Frome's destiny was determined by his free will and decisions or was it simply in fate's hands?**

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What do you think?