The Age of Innocence | May Welland
May is the sum of her New York society upbringing. She is beautiful, proper, and innocent. Although she enjoys "masculine" activities, such as sports, she is determined to be a perfect wife to Newland. May seems childlike and carefree, but the reader soon realizes that she is more knowledgeable about the complexities of relationships than Newland is. She knows that he will conform to the dictates of their community, and she uses this to manipulate him. Afraid of losing him to Ellen, her cousin, she tells Ellen that she is pregnant, knowing that Ellen is a decent and honorable person...
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