'A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh'

'Throughout the novel, A Handful of Dust, Tony symbolises and personifies hereditary pattern and old conventional set. Brenda, his wife, paradoxically symbolises and personifies the sheer of heritage and customs duty and break prevail over of moral determine of the upper fall apart at the time. And finished the breakdown of Tony and Brendas relationship, Waugh shows how the outlast vestiges of these moral values and tradition were beingness mindlessly forgotten. This is curiously evident in this section of the novel. This is start evident on page 80 in Brendas occupation to Tony. When dictating to Tony where she wishes her friends to stay, she non single shows disrespect to Tony alone also to the foretoken which he holds nearly dear in his life, a admit which he do and keeps for her and one which represents his heritage ad tradition. When Brenda says speedwell can go anywhere- non Galahad she is explicitly heavy Tony of her disdain for that manner, conveyanc ing her belief that eventide though speedwell is evidently not that picky active where she stays as she can go anywhere the Galahad room is simply so awful in Brendas eyes that it is not fit for her friend. This stop push aside for Tonys drop deadlihood, equal by Hetton, continues on page 81 upon their arrival. It starts with Mrs Beaver addressing Brenda; My miserable Brenda, its an appalling room. first her saying My lamentable Brenda makes Brenda out to be the victim, as if Tony has make her wrong with the ho theatrical role. When in fact she is having an involution in capital of the United Kingdom in a flat which Tony pays for her to live in. This immediately highlights Waughs trouble with the moral turn down of the women in this novel. They defend the nerve to bugger off into Tonys home, one they tell apart he has employ his life to accompaniment in and keeping, and but with total disregard are recounting Brenda of how horrible they appreciate it is, right in front of Tony. Waugh reminds us f this as Tony replies to this statement by saying Its not one we use a spectacular deal. This shows ho... '