A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

Through bug out the novel, A Handful of Dust, Tony symbolises and personifies heritage and nonagenarian impostal determine. Brenda, his wife, paradoxically symbolises and personifies the trend of heritage and tradition and cashier down of moral values of the upper class at the time. And through the breakdown of Tony and Brendas relationship, Waugh shows how the experience vestiges of these moral values and tradition were being mindlessly forgotten. This is curiously evident in this instalment of the novel. This is first evident on page 80 in Brendas none to Tony. When dictating to Tony where she wishes her friends to stay, she non exclusively shows disrespect to Tony but overly to the house which he holds near dear in his life, a house which he do and keeps for her and one which represents his heritage ad tradition. When Brenda says Veronica notify go anywhere-not Galahad she is explicitly presentment Tony of her championship for that room, conveying her belief that yet though Veronica is apparently not that picky nigh where she stays as she can go anywhere the Galahad room is simply so portentous in Brendas eyes that it is not fit for her friend. This complete send away for Tonys livelihood, represented by Hetton, continues on page 81 upon their arrival. It starts with Mrs topper addressing Brenda; My poor Brenda, its an appalling room. for the first time her saying My poor Brenda makes Brenda out to be the victim, as if Tony has through with(p) her wrong with the house. When in incident she is having an affair in capital of the United Kingdom in a matte which Tony pays for her to live in. This immediately highlights Waughs worry with the moral decline of the women in this novel. They have the nerve to number into Tonys home, one they know he has dedicated his life to livelihood in and keeping, and yet with original disregard are telling Brenda of how horrible they think it is, rectify in front of Tony. Waugh reminds us f this a s Tony replies to this averment by saying Its not one we use a great deal. This shows ho...