1. symbolism in George Eliot
... said to him, "where are you?" He replied, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid (Genesis 3:10)." A common interpretation of the story of Adam and Eve, is that their story is the beginning of man's self-centered nature and hence the inner dwellings of the subconscious. In The Lifted Veil, Eliot explores how a knowingness of someone else's inner thoughts brings about fear. Every person has ... feel to be wanting in another" (Eliot 38). Latimer now sees the importance of secrecy in one's deepest thoughts. Thus when this veil of secrecy is l...
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