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Eliot’s Hidden Heroine
From the beginning of Middlemarch, George Eliot has drawn me to the character of Dorothea, who I consider to be the heroine of the novel. Ironically though, she is not considered a heroine in the story, as in the community … Continue reading
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The Gossamer Webs of Perception
“Seated with his back towards her on a sofa which stood against the wall on a line with the door by which she had entered, she saw Will Ladislaw; close by him and turned towards him with a flushed tearfulness … Continue reading
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Dodo/Dido
Celia throughout Middlemarch has referred to Dorothea affectionately as “Dodo.” As I’m sure we’re all familiar with, a dodo is a now extinct, large, flightless bird that is famous for being an example of man’s destructive impact on the natural … Continue reading
“Perfect Womanhood” from Rosamond to Hitchcock
After attending the Lackay lecture today, I couldn’t help but see the parallels between what Prof. Mulvey characterized as the “male gaze” in Hitchcock’s film “Vertigo” and the gaze of the narrator in Middlemarch. Prof. Mulvey specifically discussed the contrast … Continue reading
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The Despair of Middlemarch
I was particularly fond of the following quote, and it is thus the theme of my discussion: “But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope” (468). [Narration after Will laments that he and … Continue reading
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Tagged Casaubon, despair, Dorothea, marriage, Middlemarch, misread, narration, point of view, widow, Will Ladislaw
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