Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice
Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice
exhibits itself in several ways. Subverted language and the rigid effects of strict settlement subject female protagonists to a loss of meaningful or truthful communication with proper guardians and mentors. Characters find their voices stifled by the language of those empowered by inheritance or overwhelmed by the prospect of it. Their plots, founded on various aspects of inheritance, are driven by its consequences. Clarissa, Evelina and Pride and Prejudice fully represent a new genre, the inheritance novel.
Chapter Two Unhappy Transactions: Richardson's Clarissa and Strict Settlement Introduction Samuel Richardson's Clarissa is the quintessential inheritance novel of the eighteenth century. The growing body of criticism directed toward this novel's emphasis on land and family highlights the foibles and often- inhumane outcomes of strict settlement and inheritance dominating Richardson's lifetime and revealing anew the true tragedy beneath the demise of Clarissa Harlowe. The power of inheritance, signaled through the power of its language, is overwhelming in Clarissa, and the plot thrives on these very factors. Clarissa exemplifies the three factors that characterize an inheritance novel. Richardson is directly involved with the language and, often, the practice of strict settlement through his own experiences
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exhibits itself in several ways. Subverted language and<br />
the rigid effects of strict settlement subject female<br />
protagonists to a loss of meaningful or truthful<br />
communication with proper guardians and mentors.<br />
Characters find their voices stifled by the language of<br />
those empowered by inheritance or overwhelmed by the<br />
prospect of it. Their plots, founded on various aspects<br />
of inheritance, are driven by its consequences.<br />
<strong>Clarissa</strong>, <strong>Evelina</strong> and <strong>Pride</strong> and <strong>Prejudice</strong> fully represent<br />
a new genre, the inheritance novel.
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