Does Rosamond elicit sympathy from you? She is vain, of course, but might her upbringing be somewhat responsible for her faults? In what way does she represent the prevalent societal norms?ħ. Others in the novel also serve as models for virtue: members of the Garth family and Camden Farebrother, for instance? In what way can they be seen as secondary heroes of Middlemarch? Any others?Ħ. How does the novel portray Dorothea Brooke and Tertius Lydgate as the heroes in this work? In what ways do they differ from the others in the cultural milieu of Middlemarch? What drives each of them? Are they similar?ĥ. What is she suggesting about romantic love and marriage? Is there any truth in her remark, or is this simply the rambling of a distraught woman?Ĥ. I know it may be very dear-but it murders our marriage-and then the marriage stays with us like a murder-and everything else is gone. I mean, marriage drinks up all of our power of giving or getting any blessedness in that sort of love. In what way do they suggest differing approaches to marriage? Does Elliot offer a model union?ģ. Compare the various couplings with one another: Dorothea's failed marriage with that of her sister. Does it portray marriage as a source of happiness in life? Or does it suggest that personal happiness comes from some other source?Ģ. Marriage is a central concern in the novel. Read-Think-Talk (a guided reading chart)Īlso consider these LitLovers talking points to help get a discussion started for Middlemarch:ġ.
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