We can assume that Edith Wharton had to emphasize the
amount of love that Mattie and Ethan displayed and declared to each other in order to
understand, as readers, the extent to which their desperation prompted them to agree so
suddenly on a suicide solution.
Also, as readers we get to
almost sympathy for their emotions: Ethan and Mattie are both in constant oppression due
to the overpowering presence of Zeena, and because they see in each other a kindred
spirit, kind of a soul mates. Their suffering was the same, and their pressure that they
were under was quite huge. Therefore, by intensifying the description of their emotions
we can relate to what they decided to do as a last choice.
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