Man and Superman Lesson Plan

What is the base of the conflict between Ramsden and Tanner?

Each man is contemptuous of the other's intellectual and political stances. Ramsden is a reformer who might have been considered radical in his youth, but he respects many of the rules and regulations of his society, even as he often lets compassion play a role in his decisions. Tanner is obsessed with his own political iconoclasm, and seems to feel great contempt for his own class and position (although he doesn't fully reject it); he believes he is always right, and if someone else seems to agree with him, as he believes at first that Violet does, he will be kinder to them. Each man thinks the other foolish and...