Mrs. Circumference, who is essentially the extreme opposite of Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde in physical form and in personality, is in essence an obese and emotionless socialite. While her sun, Sir Tangent has been shot, she demonstrates pure heartlessness when she callously blames Prendy, and makes no effort to comfort her son (D.F. 89). Another aspect of Mrs. Circumference's character, which Waugh bestows upon her, is her extremely egocentric point of view. Many of the characters in the novel, including Dr. Fagan, appear to be more than gratified to have her in their presence, but when she is out of ear shot she becomes the topic of repulsion and mockery. Waugh's pen has, then, successfully produced an abhorrent character. This is likewise for a female character named Nina Blount in his novel Vile Bodies. In this satirical jab at the Britain's high society, Waugh develops another emotionless parvenu whore named Nina (perhaps an allusion to Zola's Nana). Nina, who has professed her love (all of about ten minutes of it) to Adam, soon breaks his heart for Ginger's money (V.B. 260). In other words, she voraciously seeks new wealth among different lovers. Waugh's depiction of her demonstrates an inherent appetite for control, wealth, and social stability.

archetypal forces behind social chaos and self-affliction.

In "Patey's reading, the modernist crisis reflected in early [Modernist] novels is at heart a crisis of rootlessness, alienation, and disorientation of British... [men,]... in the aftermath of WWI. The institutions and conventions that gave direction to the manners of Edwardian England had been discarded leaving nothing to fill the void of... [men returning back from war changed, barren, feminine, and 'less than men,'] but the vertiginous excesses of [upper-class women]" ( 4).

Either way, Benson is seemingly portraying Miss Mapp to the audience through a misogynist looking glass and by doing so, Benson does not afford the audience to view Mapp's character in a more virtuous light. He curtails the audience's perception of Miss Mapp to be nothing less than detestable, mentally and physically. This is also evident when he juxtaposes Miss Mapp with other characters in social situations in the novel. For instance, when she is, at the last minute, invited to play bridge at Isabel Poppit's place, Mapp analyzes the situation assuming there is a motive behind the invite, and in retaliation she devises a scheme to conveniently make herself the odd-numbered guest at the bridge party to throw off the festivities" (M.M. 32-33). Every chance Benson puts Miss Mapp in a social situation she lashes out in a blanketed fit of paranoia and morbid sense of pleasure, feeding her appetite to be more and more controlling and masterminding as the novel unfolds. This also holds true for Mapp's encounters with Tilling's two drunken post-war feminine males: Ma

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Approximate Word count = 1939
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)