Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice
Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice
personal sentiment to overtake more modern restrictions strict settlement would have placed on his property. He chose the old practice of writing a personal will in order to have his specific wishes carried out. Had he allowed strict settlement to deal with his entire estate, then his estate would have gone to his eldest son, while money, personalty, or property not part of the estate, including stocks, bonds and chattel, would have gone to younger sons and daughters. The appearance of sentimentality, however, is just that. Modern readers must understand that toward the end of the seventeenth century many wealthy merchants began to settle their estates in the same manner as the aristocracy, because money, whenever gained through business, could easily be lost. Substantial and unforeseen changes made a civil will granting money to heirs of little or no value should market shifts take a downward turn. At the very least, civil wills were undependable, since litigation could easily overturn personal wishes in a civil court. Strict settlement was not subject to litigation. Its rigid succession was unblinking; it deals with land, a commodity rarely unstable, no matter what occurred in the marketplace (Thirsk 183) .
Grandfather Harlowe was one of many wealthy merchants who settled his estate in the manner of wills and estate planning that overlapped strict settlement's implementation. Therefore, Grandfather Harlowe leaves the rules of strict settlement to the young and wills his estate as he sees fit, including willing his dairy house to Clarissa, his favorite grandchild. Victor Lam observes, "giving wealth as a token of affection, Grandfather Harlowe undermines the hierarchical ground upon which Harlowe Place stands" (6). While his assertion is true, Lam unfortunately goes on to also observe : [Grandfather Harlowe' s] incoherent will instructs his sons to obey patriarchal convention by obeying his father's will, at the same time that he violates the rules for inheritance of property with the set purpose of turning his wealth into a token of love. Grandfather Harlow employs the language of compulsion when he commands his sons not to "impugn or contest" his Will. (7) Lam's assertions are erroneous regarding Grandfather Harlowe' s will and its purpose. As Eileen Spring points out, the founders of families naturally made settlements
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Grandfather Harlowe was one of many wealthy<br />
merchants who settled his estate in the manner of wills<br />
and estate planning that overlapped strict settlement's<br />
implementation. Therefore, Grandfather Harlowe leaves<br />
the rules of strict settlement to the young and wills his<br />
estate as he sees fit, including willing his dairy house<br />
to <strong>Clarissa</strong>, his favorite grandchild. Victor Lam<br />
observes, "giving wealth as a token of affection,<br />
Grandfather Harlowe undermines the hierarchical ground<br />
upon which Harlowe Place stands" (6). While his<br />
assertion is true, Lam unfortunately goes on to also<br />
observe :<br />
[Grandfather Harlowe' s] incoherent will<br />
instructs his sons to obey patriarchal<br />
convention by obeying his father's will, at the<br />
same time that he violates the rules for<br />
inheritance of property with the set purpose of<br />
turning his wealth into a token of love.<br />
Grandfather Harlow employs the language of<br />
compulsion when he commands his sons not to<br />
"impugn or contest" his Will. (7)<br />
Lam's assertions are erroneous regarding Grandfather<br />
Harlowe' s will and its purpose. As Eileen Spring points<br />
out, the founders of families naturally made settlements
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