Tag Archives: Middlemarch
The Marriage Plot
As I was thinking back on the novels we’ve read this past semester, the concept of the marriage plot has been particularly pervasive and on my mind. We’ve read about the intricate social network, made up largely of marital relationships, … Continue reading
Naomi Klein Connections
To first comment on her talk two weeks ago, I felt that if I hadn’t known better, I would’ve thought that she was speaking specifically for our class. I felt that so much of what she spoke of connected back … Continue reading
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Tagged commodity, Communist Manifesto, Imperialism, Middlemarch, Naomi Klein, She
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Bribery and Money as Masks to “all the world” in Lady Audley’s Secret, Middlemarch, and Naomi Klein’s Talk
“‘They said the last unsuccessful candidate at Middlemarch—Giles, wasn’t his name?—spent ten thousand pounds and failed because he did not bribe enough,’ [said Mrs. Cadwallader]” (Eliot, p. 360). Bribery, corruption, and the influence and power of money have been a … Continue reading
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Tagged bribery, Lady Audley's Secret, mask, Middlemarch, Money, Naomi Klein
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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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Tagged Dorothea, ending, expectations, George Eliot, heroine, marriage, martyr, Middlemarch, reputation, sacrifice, society, Will
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Subversive Similarities
The Rosamond-Lydgate saga is wearing on me— the constant avoidance, the ever-expanding and entangling network, and the exhausting hysterics. The old saying goes that opposites attract, and at first glance Rosamond and Lydgate seem to be quite contrary. After all, … Continue reading
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Tagged character parallels, Middlemarch, rhetorical questions, Rosamond and Lydgate
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