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GCSE English Literature · key term
Money owed that has not been paid when due, such as overdue rent.
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Paper 2
Revise: Money and wealthThe Squire also complains in Chapter 9 about mortgages and rent arrears. His large house and lavish consumption coexist with a shortage of ready cash. Eliot sets this rural prosperity during wartime, when agricultural prices favour landowners; the Squire fears that peace will bring falling prices.
Component 2
Money that should already have been paid but remains owing, such as overdue rent.
Revise: Money and wealthThe Squire’s complaints about mortgages and arrears in Chapter 9 expose the insecurity behind his grand household. He also fears that peace will bring falling prices. The early nineteenth-century wartime setting matters because high agricultural prices benefit landowners like him.
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