Miss Bart makes an extreme mistake. This mistake causes her to lose he chance at marrying Percy. This mistake is made in part because Selden arrives at the Bellomont to see Miss Bart. It is made clear that it is her fault when Selden states to her, “It’s a part of your cleverness to be able to produce premeditated effects extemporaneously” (Wharton 52). This shows that she is in control of her destiny but does not seam to have the ability to avoid disaster. Selden becomes more important to her life but is still a foil character to Lily. He embodies all the qualities that appose the life she is striving for. Miss Bart makes an antagonist of Bertha because she shows by accident that Selden came to visit and not Bertha. This accidental action causes Bertha to oppose her and ensure that she does not marry Percy.
Mr. Trenor becomes a larger part of the story when Lily foolishly gets him to invest money in the stock market for her. She thinks this is a harmless action but soon realizes that it may have been less upstanding of an action than she thought.
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