The mill on the floss
‘The mill on the floss’ is written by famous writer ‘George Eliot’ it
s a quite lengthy novel and have so many characters. This novel speaks about
the society of Victorian times and the mindset of the people.
Mary Ann Evans is a full name of the write George Eliot. She is a leading
writer of the Victorian age, not only a writer but poet, journalist, translator also. I also studied another
novel of the same writer, which is ‘Middle March’.
The
central character of the novel is Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tome
Tulliver. Maggie is a clever and intelligent. Her father is the owner of the
Mill in the city namely St. Ogg's. Here in this novel we find the
brother and sister’s love, Maggie is emotionally depended on her brother,
though Maggie is more educated than Tom. For the better future of his son Mr.
Tulliver decided than they will give additional education to Tom. There is also
dinner party mentioned in the novel afterwords it turns into quarrel between
Mr.Tullivers sister Mrs. Glegg and Mrs.Tullivers sister about Tom’s additional
education. However Mr. Stelling, a clergyman, takes Tom on as a student. And Maggie visits his school several times.
Lawyer Wakem is another
character in the novel, he is the enemy of Mr. Tulliver and his son Philip
Wakem is also student of Mr. Stelling.
On the one visit Maggie and Philip becomes friends though Tom don’t like
it. With the progress of novel Mr.Tulliver loss the case and becomes bankrupt
and his enemy Lawyer Wakem win it.
Therefor he called Tom come back and support the family. This same thing
is happens with Maggie when she is thirteen she also called back along with her
cousin Lucy. Several years passed and
Maggie is become school teacher and she comes back to St.Ogg. in between this
year Tom work hard and at list pay all the debt of Mr. Tullive, though
Mr.Tulliver is no more now. Maggie and Philip renew their close friendship and
Maggie would considered to marry Philip but Tom do not like it. Lucy realizes that Tom wishes to purchase back Dorlcote Mill,
and she asks Philip to speak to his father, Lawyer Wakem. Philip speaks to his
father about selling the mill and about his love for Maggie, and Lawyer Wakem
is eventually responsive to both propositions. Than the story goes on
and break ups and fights and lot man things happens in between. Mggie goes and
live in other city Tom is still struggling. At the last there is a flood in the
river and Tom and Maggie died in the fld together their arms are on one another
strongly. At the very end years after Philip, and Stephen and Lucy together,
visit the grave.
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