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i actually think it's a pretty neat (as in tidy) resolution because you've got the people who are pissed, the guy who's in jail, and the happy folks about howard's end. this novel doesn't intend to end in a state of uncertainty, margaret says "the hay's as big as never!" or something like that. she's pointing to a beautiful future, so ultimately the unhappy people don't really matter. they're going to continue on and they're not the main characters, and i think we're supposed to decide that charles wilcox deserved what he got. oddly, the scene of him hitting bast in the film makes him look very guilty and i saw it more ambiguously when i read the book.