The Mill on the Floss

(1860)

The most autobiographical of Eliot's works.

As Maggie Tulliver approaches adulthood, her spirited temperament brings her into conflict with her family, her community, and her much-loved brother Tom. Still more painfully, she finds her own nature divided between the claims of moral responsibility and her passionate hunger for self-fulfillment.

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help needed as soon as possible

hey everyone, i have two speeches to give: 1. Moral conflict forms the basis of the novel. Discuss 2. " The Mill on the Floss" is to a large extent the autobiography of George Eliot. Discuss the element in the novel. i was wondering if anyone had any information that would help me? cheers

Posted By alpa at Fri 10 Oct 2008, 2:21 PM in The Mill on the Floss || 0 Replies

In reponse to the introduction

"Still more painfully, she finds her own nature divided between the claims of moral responsibility and her passionate hunger for self-fulfillment." : There really is in my humble and often incorrect opinion no difference.

Posted By captnklean at Mon 23 Jun 2008, 12:29 AM in The Mill on the Floss || 0 Replies

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hi every one iam studying the mill on the floss this semister and i need help cus we are supposed to cover many accepect of the novel and i havnt find these material in the internet do you know any site which can help me? these are the list of some of these things: morality and rationalism:thumbs_up realism:idea: humor:lol: maggie as tragic heroine:sick: eliot as a psychological novelist:yawnb: pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeas the first one is v imp and ineed help specially in this point:bawling:

Posted By lamess at Thu 20 Mar 2008, 10:17 AM in The Mill on the Floss || 1 Reply

help...I need information

i need your help to find some information about the humour in the mill on the floss.. I`v searched alot of sites but I couldn`t reach to any point so I`m desperate and I realy need your help.. thank you...

Posted By saryh at Sat 8 Mar 2008, 3:51 PM in The Mill on the Floss || 1 Reply

URGENT ESSAY HELP..deadline looming!!!!!!

i have got to hand in an essay on 'The Mill On The Floss' in a week. the essay is only on the first part of the book , that is, 'Boy And Girl'. I have some points in my mind but i need to get all possible issues that crop up in the first part. So please please help me with every possible point that marks the first part like social conditions , relationships .... and more.

Posted By littlelit at Sat 18 Aug 2007, 1:26 PM in The Mill on the Floss || 1 Reply

i m start reading but can't understand its 2 hard plz help me.....

help me in characters...i want 2 know the relation of all character from eliot....n what's the relation of all charater between them plzzzzzzzzz help me....

Posted By farahkhan at Fri 20 Apr 2007, 3:55 AM in The Mill on the Floss || 2 Replies

A Mill On the Floss

I am currently reading this novel, and have recently received an assignment from my teacher. Here is the question; How does Elliot convey to the reader the kind of community/society/family life leved by the Dodsons and Tullivers? You need to consider style, technique, description, devices, details, dialogue, analysis, author's commentary and thoughts. Give evidence for your comments by referring closely to the text. Can anybody shine some light on this? Or perhaps point me towards the flashlight of knowledge?

Posted By Mr. Schutte at Sun 7 Jan 2007, 2:14 PM in The Mill on the Floss || 6 Replies

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