Flatland, Section 10: samenvatting

Wat er gebeurt

1. Three years of agitation bring military defeats and household killings that threaten the Circles’ power.
2. An Isosceles disguises himself with colours and deceives a noble orphan into marriage; her suicide turns Women against reform.
3. Pantocyclus announces acceptance of the Bill, then uses a long speech to weaken support among other classes and Workmen.
4. At a planned signal, Convicts kill Chromatistes, Women attack the soldiers, and blocked exits help turn panic into mutual slaughter.
5. The Circles kill a tenth of the Working Men and conduct extensive inspections and executions among the lower classes.
6. Colour becomes forbidden, with limited privileged exceptions, and its manufacture remains secret through the annual killing of factory workers.

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