Trapped in between Duties and Desires: <em>The Mill on the Floss</em>
This chapter is an examination of restrictions imposed upon Victorian women as well as limitations and inequalities that paralyze and imprison them on George Eliot’s popular novel The Mill on The Floss with an emphasis on the protagonist Maggie Tulliver. Initially, background information on the auth...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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| Online Access: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/87369 |
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| Summary: | This chapter is an examination of restrictions imposed upon Victorian women as well as limitations and inequalities that paralyze and imprison them on George Eliot’s popular novel The Mill on The Floss with an emphasis on the protagonist Maggie Tulliver. Initially, background information on the author is presented, then the novel is handled from the perspective of woman question in the Victorian Era juxtaposing the circumstances provided to the male and female child in the Victorian era in which cleverness is regarded as a trouble rather than a virtue. The qualities of New Woman are also scrutinized with the protagonist Maggie. Pointing out the dilemma the protagonist experiences in between her duties and desires in a patriarchal society that limits women from educational, intellectual and social aspects allowing them no pleasure of life, this chapter reveals that Victorian Women were regarded as the angels in the house who need to be protected by men. To conclude, this chapter handles The Mill on The Floss as a critique of Victorian Society which suffocates women leaving them no space for pleasure, intellectuality and individuality and emphasizes that such a society is actually no good for both males and females. |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-83768-230-0 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.111923 |