How does Tragedy at Ravensthorpe develop the theme of Modernity vs. Tradition?

Tragedy at Ravensthorpe by J. J. Connington develops Modernity vs. Tradition across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

The story contrasts modern forensic methods (fingerprints, telephones, otophones) with old-world traditions (family curses, fairy legends, ancestral estates), showing a tension between progress and the past.

Cecil dismisses the fairy legends as 'old wives' tales,' yet the family continues the custom, showing tension between modern skepticism and inherited practices.