... to point out that "the greatest artists are those who can effectively represent the totality of human life through literary realism."" To apply the Marxist literary theory to Middlemarch is therefore highly convenient because Eliot wants to deal with real life issues. Her ambition is to create a portrait of the complexity of ordinary people in the small community of ... a given society."" Lydgate is one of the characters in the novel that can be seen as an individual marked by this process. He comes to Middlemarch as a reformer of medical practice. F. B. Pinion writes in his A George El...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Don't let your pride get in the way of your relationships." " George Eliot, "Middlemarch" George Eliot's extensive saga, "Middlemarch," is about married couple, Rosamond and Lydgate. At the outset of the story, the young lovers are in the midst of an unplanned financial crisis, leading them to increasing levels ... known how Lydgate would behave, she would have never married him. " These contrasting thoughts, given through third person omniscient, allows the reader to understand the complex relationship between the couple. George Elliot manages to let the reader understand the complex relat...

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... characters such as Elizabeth Bennett lived happily ever after, Victorian novelist George Eliot, broke the tradition of the standard romantic novel by representing women in unhappy relationships and the reality and problems of the woman's role in life and their place in society, this is particularly evident in her realist novel Middlemarch. Another example of the way women were represented in the mid ... ...

• Word Count: 1599
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate