Mr. Tillotson

• • He is Mrs. Tillotson senior’s son and married to Lydia Tillotson

  • He is a mother’s boy who leads his life according to class conventions

  • He has a low opinion of doings that are against these conventions

  • He is narrow-minded and always sticks to the same routines

  • Unlike Mr. Gannett he is not spontaneous, adventurous nor Independent

Resources:

Griffin, Joseph. America's social classes in the writings of Edith Wharton: An analysis of her short stories. Lewiston, N.Y: Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. Print.156-161.