Clarence Harvey In Maria Edgeworth's Clarence Harvey

In Maria Edgeworth’s haughty novel, Belinda, Clarence Harvey is portrayed as a self-absorbed and fickle character through the use of tone. In the passage, Edgeworth’s attitude toward Clarence is seen as dissatisfied hence she quickly contradicts Hervey’s positive attributes with his many flaws. Edgeworth shows Hervey's confidence in everything he does, making him seem arrogant. Additionally, Hervey is described as a “man of genius; and he imagined that as such”. Which leads him to believing that “he was entitled to be imprudent, wild, and eccentric” notably demonstrating his overblown character. This is only the start of Clarence being vain with himself. Him being a “favorite with the fair sex” only seems to contribute to his self-absorbed