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The Mill on the Floss
Historical criticism, as the name implies, interprets a work of literature within the context of its time period and the life of its author. The Mill on the Floss is in many ways an...
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The Mill on the Floss
There are several different approaches you could take to the assignment. The key to writing a critical paper of this type is to focus on one very narrow topic you can investigate in depth. A key to...
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The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss is an example of a bildungsroman, or a novel that traces its protagonist's development from childhood to adulthood. The novel is also an example of Victorian literature, as it...
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The Mill on the Floss
There are a lot of characters in this novel, and going over the internal conflicts of each could very well be a novel in its own right. I'll pick a few characters. Mr. Tulliver is a good starting...
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The Mill on the Floss
The river, and water in general, is a frequent symbol in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss. In the novel, water takes on a symbolic Yin and Yang relationship. That's not so weird. Star Wars...
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The Mill on the Floss
The theme of morality and guilt in The Mill on the Floss usually centers on the character of Maggie. George Eliot creates a female character who bucks against the idea of being "traditional" and...
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The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot's novel about social norm versus individualist conflict stems from the British traditions of the time period. The character of Maggie, being raised with the social morals of the day,...
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The Mill on the Floss
Water is a frequent symbol in "The Mill on the Floss." What is great about the water symbolism is that it is never only bad or only good. It is portrayed as two sides to the same coin. A very...
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The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot's novel The Mill on the Floss is, as most of her works, more than a simple story about relationships. It also is a far reaching critique of social and gender inequality. Often The Mill...
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The Mill on the Floss
It is important to realise that the final paragaph of this chapter needs to be read in conjunction with the penultimate paragraph, where Mrs. Tulliver weakly complains to her husband about the way...
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The Mill on the Floss
I suppose the tragedy of Mr. Tulliver relates to his inability to work out and understand the children that he has and the way that they are. For Mr. Tulliver, who is at best an unintelligent man...
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The Mill on the Floss
Let us be careful here. Your question seems to suggest that St. Ogg's is actually a character in this excellent novel. However, it is actually the town in which the novel is set, as the opening...
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The Mill on the Floss
You have asked a very broad question here. I have included some links below to the enotes study guide section of this novel that you can peruse at your leisure, but let me offer the following words...
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The Mill on the Floss
If we are looking for a central concept or theme to this impressive work, I think it has to be an examination of the role of its central character, Maggie Tulliver, and the way that she is always...
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The Mill on the Floss
sure you will get it
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The Mill on the Floss
I would argue that she is certainly a moral person as she has very strong feelings about right and wrong and worries quite a bit about other people's feelings and making sure to do right by...
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The Mill on the Floss
One of the salient features of the Victorian age in the novel 'The Mill on The Floss' by George Eliot is the author's experiences of trying to conform to the restrictively conservative society of...
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The Mill on the Floss
There are a lot of things that one can say about characterization. In the most basic definition of characterization is the way a character in a story is portrayed by the author. With that said,...
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The Mill on the Floss
eNotes offers a good book-by-book summary at the link below.
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The Mill on the Floss
There are several ways to compare and contrast Maggie and Tom Tulliver. They are the central characters of the novel, and they embody two very different outlooks on life. Tom, the boy, is bound by...
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The Mill on the Floss
Mr. Tulliver owns a mill on the River Floss, and has a wife and two children. The children, Tom and Maggie, are different in appearance and character. Maggie is intelligent, wild, and dark; Tom...
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The Mill on the Floss
“The Mill on The Floss,” is the story of Maggie Tulliver, (“who is impetuous, warm, and highly intelligent, but she is also forgetful and impulsive”), and her brother, Tom, (“who is bossy...
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The Mill on the Floss
Several factors contribute to the idea in the reader's mind of Mr. Tulliver as a tragic character, although Mr. Tulliver is not an example of a classic one. Classically "tragedy" means...
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The Mill on the Floss
Maggie is immature because she is self-conscious and not sure of herself. She is easily swayed by the interests of others and in her desire not to offend. When she offers to help Tom find a job...
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The Mill on the Floss
lady, the childhood description of Maggie is one such part of the novel which clearly potrays the victorian style of writing.
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The Mill on the Floss
Enotes provides a great summary of the historical connections possible in this novel. I have included the link below, but let me give you a quick overview first.Much of the conflict in this novel...
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Wuthering Heights
If you're looking to connect all three novels to a celebrated topic in the Victorian age, something that i think about when it comes to these three novels, is the power of woman. Women were...
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The Mill on the Floss
Stephen and Tom are very alike. How often it is that women become attracted to the qualities possessed by their fathers, or father figures. Both men are self-confident and arrogant. They each...