A Friendship of Deception

In the story "Roman Fever", Mrs. Slade is one of the main characters that is the protagonist because she is deceiving to her close friend Mrs. Ansley. Mrs. Ansley views Mrs. Slade as a trustworthy person but after several years of knowing each other, the truth of Mrs. Slade's lies come to the surface and ruin their friendship. Throughout the story Mrs. Slade believes that she is hurting Mrs. Ansley but in the end she is really hurting herself.
One way Wharton display's the truth of Mrs. Slade's evil ways is in the characters actions. "After all, I had everything; I had him for twenty-five years and you had nothing but that one letter he didn't write." (420) At this point in the story, Mrs. Slade is trying to get that last word by saying the most hurtful things she can think of. Mrs. Slade shows us how vengeful she is by doing this. "Mrs. Slade gave a hardly audible laugh, and at the sound Mrs. Ansley dropped her knitting." (414) Mrs. Slade was......

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Title: A Friendship Of Deception
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