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應外二 49782014 高璇柔
應外二 49782018 曹心怡
應外二 49782021 翁韋如
應外二 49782024 劉玉婷
應外二 49782051 黃寶兒
應外二 49784020 劉穎蓁
By George Eliot
“Middlemarch”
Author
George Eliot (1819 –1880)
• Mary Anne (Mary Ann, Marian) Evans
• Pen name George Eliot
• English novelist and one of the leading writers (Victorian era)
• Author of eight novels
• Celebrated for their realism and psychological insights.
George Eliot (1819 –1880)
Marriage to John Cross and death
Eliot's birthplace at South Farm
Life with George Henry
Lewes
Major Works(Middlemarch)
Characters
Dorothea Brooke
• Brought up by her uncle.
• Insists on wedding Mr. Casaubon because of his supposed wisdom.
• Refuses to complete Casaubon’s work due to his distrust.
• Donates money to the hospital to help the needed and helps Lydgate pay his debt.
• Gets married with Mr. Ladislaw in the end.
Edward Casaubon
• A scholar intends to write “The Key to All Mythologies.”
• Forbids Dorothea from interfering his work.
• Prohibits his cousin Ladislaw working in Middlemarch.
• Adds codicil to his will. If Dorothea gets married with Ladislaw, she cannot inherit his legacy.
Will Ladislaw
• An Italian with white mice.
• Possesses lower social and economic standing.
• Works for Mr. Brooke to elect councilor.
• Leaves Middlemarch for he finds out the codicil in his cousin’s will.
Tertius Lydgate
• An idealistic, ambitious, and talented doctor
• Good birth but small financial means
• Come to Middlemarch to fulfill his ideal
• Married Rosamond Vincy
• Gives up his ideal eventually and want to give his wife a happy life
Rosamond Vincy
• An egocentric and proud woman
• Despises the life in Middlemarch, hoping to live an aristocratic life
• Married Tertius Lydgate because of his good background
• The marriage provides her with an increased status
Nicholas Bulstrode
• A wealthy banker in Middlemarch
• A pious Methodist who tries to impose his beliefs in Middlemarch society
• Has a dark past
• Lives in agony because he is afraid that his past would be revealed
• Leaves Middlemarch with his wife after his secret had been revealed
Fred Vincy
• Rosamond's brother, the mayor’s son
• Spendthrift and irresponsible
• Loyal to his lover-Mary
• Fails to meet his parents’ expectation of being a clergy, not knowing what to do in the future
• Finds his profession and wins his lover Mary’s respect and they get married in the end
Summary
Dorothea (niece of landowner)
Edward Casaubon (scholar)
Ladislaw (cousin of Casaubon)
First marriage
Second marriage
Lydgate (doctor)
Rosamond Vincy (mayor’s daughter)
Bulstrode (banker)
Husband and wife
Inviter and supporterMary Garth (Featherstone’s nurse)
Fred Vincy (mayor’s son)
Featherstone (Fred’s uncle)
Covet his money
Love and get married
Theme
Marriage
Marriage in Middlemarch is a
beginning, not an ending
Theme
Theme
Compassion and Forgiveness
Compassion, Forgiveness, Sympathy – these are big ideas in Middlemarch
Theme
Women and Femininity
Women in Middlemarch have personalities and ambitions independent of their husband
s
Theme
Science
Science and scientific progress was a
big deal in the 19th century
Theme
Dreams, Hopes, Plans
• Casaubon
• Dorothea
• Lydgate
Theme
Dissatisfaction
• Dorothea • Lydgate
• Casaubon
• Most of the dissatisfaction in this novel is a result of a failure to settle lofty ambitions with everyday realities (financial problems).
Theme
Society and Class
• the relationships between different people have large and small effects on
everything around them
ambitions
realities(financial problems)
social expectations
dissatisfaction
Theme
Spirituality
• religious feeling
• personal belief
• moral sense