Wilcox she is happy to "settle herself into a luxurious cavern of red leather". Throughout the novel Forster uses the motor-car as a symbol of industrial progress and its intoxicating effect.
             The fact that Aunt Juley seems to have both Wilcox and Schlegel facets to her character is an ambiguity of sorts, though it may be more to do with her superficiality. Forster's portrayal of her is something of a caricature and she is not a central character. She does, however, represent the old values of English society that are slowly dying out, just as Mrs. Munt herself comes close to death as the novel progresses. Her kind are to make way for the new ruling class of industrialists, typified by Henry Wilcox. Perhaps, therefore, her distaste at the attitude of such nouveaux riches is itself a justification of their ascension, considering the farcical way in which the old rulers of England are portrayed here with Aunt Juley as their archetype. On the other hand, there is no ambiguity in Forster's criticism of the modern age. While we may or may not consider the Wilcoxes to be an asset to the Britain of the early 20th century, Forster certainly seems, throughout the novel, to be uneasy with the society he writes of. Examination of the three concepts that Bradbury highlights makes this quite clear.
             The ambiguity of the 'will to vision' the 'liberal wish for right reason' comes mostly from the positive and negative aspects of the behaviour of the Schlegels and Wilcoxes, who represent, respectively, a strong commitment to these ideals and an apparent lack of it. While the ideals of the Schlegels and their concern for society are shown throughout the novel, Forster also highlights the shortcomings of the family's culture and thinking. Their German father was "an idealist, inclined to be dreamy". In his life as a soldier he "fought without visualising the results of victory" and this...