The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot

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The Mill on the Floss Questions and Answers

What is the significance of the title The Mill on the Floss?

What are the autobiographical elements in the novel The Mill on the Floss?

How does the novel The Mill on the Floss represent the era, the 19th Century/Victorian era?

Can you tell me something about The Mill on the Floss as a realistic/social novel?

How do I write an essay about Maggie versus Tom?

What is the symbolism of the river?

What was St. Ogg's profession in The Mill on the Floss?

What is the theme and basic idea of the novel "The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot?

What is the genre of the novel The Mill on the Floss?

How can the figure of Mr. Tulliver be described as tragic in The Mill on the Floss?

What is the critical appreciation of the book The Mill on the Floss?

What are the sights you are likely to see at the town of St. Ogg's in The Mill on the Floss?

Why did Mr. Tulliver wish to give his son a good education?

Distinguish those characters in the novel The Mill on the Floss who exist functionally—that is, to state a point of view—from those whose existence is an end in itself.

What does the author recall about the rivers in The Mill on the Floss?

In The Mill on the Floss, why did Philip not get up to shake hands with Tom?

In The Mill on the Floss, is the tragedy of Mr. Tulliver the result of class or his own heroic nature?

How is Maggie portrayed?

What are some important places in The Mill on the Floss?

What are the salient historical, economical, and religious features of the Victorian age depicted by George Eliot in her work The Mill on the Floss?

What is the complete summary of the novel The Mill on the Floss? Include details of the characters.

I need help writing a 3-page essay on the thesis that George Eliot's novel The Mill on the Floss is not just a story about the romantic relationships of the brother and sister, but also about diverse mentalities and cultures. 

Could you discuss the psychology and internal conflicts of the characters other than Maggie?

Why did Maggie want her brother to go upstairs with her in The Mill on the Floss?

What is the concept of The Mill on the Floss?

How do you write a literary criticism of The Mill on the Floss? I don't know what to write about. We want to keep the essay confined to the story itself, and we need to use one good scholarly article to support our thesis. I don't want to do it on the symbolism of water because that's been done too much already.  I liked the story quite a bit, with the exception of the ending which I felt was fast approaching, perhaps because we follow Tom and Maggie from childhood and we grow to feel a mixed bag of emotions for them only to see them swept out so quickly.

water symbolism

How does The Mill on the Floss depict the society of the time?

What did Tom do with the parcel of sugar candy?

In The Mill on the Floss, how does George Eliot portray the different ways Maggie relates to Stephen and to Tom in Book 6?

Can you tell me something about Morality and the problem of guilt?

What is Phillip's persuasion versus Steven's persuasion with Maggie?

Why does Maggie go to the attic? What happens when she sees Tom in the attic?

How can i get summaries of all the chapters in The Mill on the Floss?

Is Maggie Tulliver a moral person?  

Why does the novel The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot not simply end with the deaths of its two central characters?

What does the narrator mean by the superior power of misery, and how does it distinguish a human being from a chimpanzee?

Explain the last paragraph in ch2 B1 which starts with"Mrs Tulliver was what is called...as it became more and more ineffectual".

How is Tom Tulliver only a "seemingly" "Bildungsroman-Hero," while Maggie actually is one in "Mill on the Floss"?

What is meant by characterization? Describe it using Maggie from the novel The Mill On The Floss by George Elliot?

Apply the historical approach in criticism to the characters Maggie and Tom Tulliver from the novel The Mill On The Floss.