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Different Portrayals of Women
After completing this second section, the portrayal of women in She seems to have changed from our first reading. Initially I was under the impression that the Amahagger had great respect for women, since they described them as being on … Continue reading
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The Objective (or Subjective) Narrator Revisited
While reading She I could not help but be reminded of The Moonstone, especially when considering the narrative style. The narrator of the introduction, whose name we do not know, refers to himself as the “editor” of the manuscript, which … Continue reading
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Dorothea’s Evolving Relationships
Throughout the reading of Middlemarch, we are constantly being asked to assess each character and evaluate whether or not we can connect with them. Eliot, through the narrator, calls into question the forming of bonds between people, both within the … Continue reading
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Tagged bonds, Casaubon, Dorothea, ethics, Middlemarch, narrator, social network, Will Ladislaw
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A First Person Third Person Narrator
One of the most distinct stylistic elements of Middlemarch is its narrator, an omniscient being that slips into first-person narration on occasion. It is the instinct of any reader to assume that a third-person omniscient narrator is reliable, although in Middlemarch this is … Continue reading
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Society and the characters through Mr. Bruff’s eyes
Mr. Bruff, especially after dealing with Betteredge and Clack, is refreshingly everything we could want in a narrator. He doesn’t start with any irrelevant quotes or spend pages talking about how it is his reluctant duty to write all this … Continue reading