A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

Through prohibited the novel, A Handful of Dust, Tony symbolises and personifies heritage and experient customal determine. Brenda, his wife, paradoxically symbolises and personifies the push away of heritage and tradition and escape down of moral values of the upper class at the time. And through the breakdown of Tony and Brendas relationship, Waugh shows how the sound vestiges of these moral values and tradition were being mindlessly forgotten. This is particularly evident in this fraction 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 not radically shows disrespect to Tony but as well as to the house which he holds virtually 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 squeeze out go anywhere-not Galahad she is explicitly heavy Tony of her despise for that manner, conveying her belief tha t blush though Veronica is obviously not that picky closely where she stays as she can go anywhere the Galahad room is simply so direful in Brendas eyes that it is not fit for her friend. This complete dismiss 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. first 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 feature she is having an affair in capital of the United Kingdom in a jejune which Tony pays for her to live in. This immediately highlights Waughs anguish with the moral decline of the women in this novel. They have the nerve to deduct into Tonys home, one they know he has dedicated his life to backing in and keeping, and yet with total disregard are telling Brenda of how horrible they think it is, in good order in front of Tony. Waugh reminds us f this as Tony repl ies to this disputation by saying Its not one we use a great deal. This shows ho...