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Relating Klein to Discussions on Globalization
While listening to Naomi Klein’s talk, “The (R)evolutionary Power of Climate Change,” I could not help but link many of the things she was saying to ideas we have discussed in class. One thing in particular that struck me was … Continue reading
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Tagged consumerism, culture, globalization, Middlemarch, Naomi Klein, social network, web
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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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Tagged Dorothea, ladislaw, Middlemarch, Perception, point of view, Rosamond, social network, society, web
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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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The Responsibility That Comes With a Social Network
In this section, not only are the social networks discussed, but a motif that repeatedly appears is what determines the strength of the ties. The characters grapple with this question and to whom they owe responsibility and are rightly obligated … Continue reading
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Tagged featherstone, Middlemarch, obligation, responsibility, social network
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Rosamond and Lydgate’s Union
As we’ve been discussing so extensively in class, Middlemarch consists of an entire social network of intricate ties, and one such classification of these relationships lies in the marriage that occur throughout the text. In particular, the narrator discusses Rosamond … Continue reading