Clarence Hervey's Character In Literature

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In novels, a character's character can be depicted through the author's use of literary techniques. Their personality, purpose, and description all make up a character and help the audience understand why the author chose this particular character incorporate in their writing.In the excerpt from the novel, Belinda, the complex character of Clarence Hervey is depicted through the authors use of a judgmental tone, third person limited point of view and unpleased language.
Edgeworth knows the complexity of Clarence Hervey’s character so we see her using a judgmental tone throughout this excerpt. We can see this through the use of diction like when she says, “but he was so dreadfully afraid of passing as a pedant, that when he came into the company

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