文档介绍：George Eliot (1819—1880)
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Realist writer
One of the most powerful of contemporary writers.
Among all thbacked 驼背classmate of Tom, and friend/suitor to Maggie
Mr Tulliver- Maggie's and Tom's father, owner of the mill.
Stephen Guest- Affluent suitor to Lucy
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Plot summary
The novel spans a period of 10 to 15 years, from Tom's and Maggie's childhood up until their deaths in a flood on the floss. The book is fictional autobiography in part, reflecting the disgrace that George Eliot herself had while in a lengthy relationship with a married man, George Henry Lewes
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be repressed by
Maggie Tulliver with her parents and her older brother Tom
Maggie
──books lover, eager to learn, longing for knowledge,compassionate,ethusiastic，clever
male
chauvinism
her father
praises
for the daugher's eduction,keeps traditional concept "a woman should not be so clever"
her brother Tom
envys and hates
blows her confidence
her mother
spoiles Tom,allows to bully Maggie,thinks this is man's strong personality
wants her to be a Victorian lady
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我只想如镜子反映事物那样，把人物和事件反映在我脑子里的表象一丝不爽地叙述出来而已。我这面镜子毫无疑问是有缺点的。有时候，轮廓会给歪曲了，照出来的影子模糊而混乱。不过，我总觉得自己有责任把事物反映在我脑子里的表象尽可能准确地告诉读者，正如我是在证人席上宣誓要忠实叙述我所见所闻的实情一样。 ——乔治· 艾略特
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The Characteristics of Eliot’s Works
As a woman of exceptional intelligence and life experience, George Eliot shows a particular concern for the destiny of women, especially those with great intelligence, potential and social aspirations.

In her mind, the pathetic tragedy of women lies in their birth. Their inferior education and limited social life determine that they must depend on men for sustenance and realization of their goals , and they have only to fulfill the domestic duties.
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The status of women in the Victorian era
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1 Marriage and the home

--The life of women in Victorian era was generally centered on family
--The only role of women in the Vic