A study of characterisation in the novels of George Eliot

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inherL.ad of h1rita:lism eve~:'ytili ,.,c·:-elie:ious f'rdth .. They n.1. t hs,ci an int'2nsively aoti" ccnce;:·t " o::- " life as a continuous moral an:..' social st:n":~le b see every event in onlinc social dirnension. Rejec:ioD. of' socie y or rejectic·n of' the past are '';cually S}'!ll;)toms of mora12ixit;r. It is Int. c::rcstint: to exam:1..rie the sc d~6~11ed rel:'f·j of G80rge E iot's novels for tr~ light their choices anci:er::isions OLt. cP.X'ov; on Gee. ~;e Eliot's concc;)t of ~::::lf. J . .:::t us nov/lol.': at those ch.:c8.cters with the most clD.im 1; origino.llty Jr even eccer ,ricity to life in oro.")":' 1,;0 discover ahether Geor!: .. In «[1 earli or an~ J..';:.~, m. " I O;;Her s guid .;.H:.e.. ,3h8 evel' grapples wi' jcL.ion agai: VJtlat :. s gC.:1erally cons'. :~ "'t, rj_,ght ,.'2.0 recognl se :.' i:rt he:cself th,," ~it:v that other right(~ C!: ,. E~.,Jv s, ,,[~_m Bede, fo..': crxarnple, " 3\)
180. tllat Casa;.1bon seeks to impose on hE.c. J30th ROirw- (mil Dorothea h~ve the same merciful release. As Calvl~l Bedient .~ the unregenerate s conveniently die. 43 Since Tito· death .. eady been reported, \i8 mev, that Romola will at least be of a continuing x'elationship 'J!ith him. However, we are not _ her to Tessa and the 1:lcter for her to have provided them with em ):18 could t'n,en have made some life of her mm .. But from the novel's , it ~I.S obv'ious that Romola is leading a tranquil domestic life three as well as her elderly and foolish after these She has education, independence anll youth but her o',;n free 0]::;:;.08 is to remain quietly at home caring for her adopted of she has achieved I1S a result of her suffering , nas not to her any new or UYi0xpecl.;ed opportunity, nor does the novel prcvic:e any real alternative. There is not a great deal E'.ore to say when we Ct)T,' to Dorothe2, .All +':le youthful plans she has for using hel money come to And she takes the of me;rrying out of her class in Will Ladi is spent in enc his career could have liked nothin::. 'oct, 3r, s:i..~;(. wrongs than tl~lat her husband should be il1 the thick .2. struggle them, a.nd that she shaul( h:Lm wi; help. who knev! her, it a pity ::Iat so suhs1.:;;,,).tive and.. rar'e a creature .sno·;.llcLhavebeen absorhed into i;be of ",nother, and be only known in a oertain circlE as wife mother. But no 0118 .st'~'.tGJ. \'"lha~t e1se tr16.t" .~,~"'&,S in l'acb.0.c to llU.V8 0.011,:;-- not even ~'iL' • "Lin, who went no furth(;l' t!lan chi;) ne;;a:tive prescrintj .. on tiV:l.t ought not to have married '.ViII L~{dislaw. 1J1- ~ for us, ::rithO\.lt ro-v{;' to devise SO!:!::: occupation .2'or Dorothea chat vloul:i the novel, tely extenJ her; within the f::C'J.mewprk of social pressure: depicted :Lr:. :~;~,;.ldlem:.;.rch, there
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FROM PRECEPTS TO PEOPLE: A STUDY OF
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letters. Because she believes in th
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CONTENTS. Chapter I INTRODUCTION
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2. thought to result from the frequ
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4. assume a strong possibility that
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6. Eliot wanted, even needed, to be
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8. ible laws--and work towards the
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10. our twentieth~entur.Y preoccupa
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12. realistic an appreciation of th
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Grandcourt. Deronda. refrains from
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16. is coni'used with the conceptio
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18. " , that individual defines him
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20. The intricacies of human nature
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22. Let us now examine the novels t
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24. system, what we feel and adjust
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26. "spots of commonness. It 76 So
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28. discussion of Lydgate in chapte
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30. "It would really have been a ma
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32. and his failure to appreciate t
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34. moral regeneration; remorse as
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36. recognise that their only safeg
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Psychological Assumptions, A knowle
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Psychological Determinism. lIConstr
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"this alone which can give value to
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view, that he continued. to occupy
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eX3.mine the evolutionc:cry if.: 2:
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48. seeing, or that he is looking i
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50 .. It is this very rigiCiity of
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'Jtions, further "vi t:'
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acceptance of the 'al determini -;m
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Tito shows us them faced 7rith or m
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Ylhile:re exaEline the psychologica
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60. introduced into the novel and d
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62. biologists like Darwin and Lewe
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64. development of the Earth, in th
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66. formed him and which he b helpi
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68 .. that in the onward tendency o
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~lirectinG her irony at just the so
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72 .. mid-nineteenth century in ord
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74. ~ Inb orn Half.: 5!!.. Memory .
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76. nervous and glandular struoture
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78. by new findine:s in cornparati
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80. out the novels this emphasis on
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82. of heredity, especially ir. the
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lIabandoned the historical universa
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86. Gwendolen we may feel that desc
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88 ... Eliot translates particular
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90. offers various ways in which th
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92. in the vast universe of conscio
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94. It is extremely doubtful whethe
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96. acknowledged, "in itself, it is
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98. main component of this feeling
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100. utility organised and consolid
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102. over generations until it almo
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104-. mention. He shares with Georg
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106. took over the role of reason a
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108. morality must not be allowed t
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110 .. The third, and for the prese
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112. truth, that moral judgements m
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114. orthodox step, discard her for
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116. between two opposing ethical v
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118. If facts about the moral world
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120. longer see other people as ext
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122. ly called moral intuitions. Th
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124. nance which, in her mind, rele
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126. face of a law which is not una
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Page 173 and 174: 168. construct for moral grovnh. It
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Page 189 and 190: 184. than work and money. The very
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230. don Silva and accepts her gyps
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stinctive rescue of Mirah and the c
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234. member the derivation of the w
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236. ainly they become yet another
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238. to the time when he finds his
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mente George Eliot may write of "ho
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traces of Puritanism, and, as Ian W
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Gwendolen's rejection of the stabil
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246. for upper middle class society
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248. tracting us while the real eve
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250. are tlanguish to ~hei~ own nob
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2.52. Romola, Dorothea Brooke and D
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254. stantly to the nov~ls and to t
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256. 1°George Levine, "Determinism
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258. Notes: El2,. 13-15 13 Ibid 1.2
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260. Notes: El2,. 21-24 52Ibid, p.
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262. Notes: ££. 29-35 91 George E
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Notes: EE.. 42-45. ~ssays of George
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266. Notes: ~. 50-56. 41 GEL, vol.
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268. Notes: E£.. 62-64. 1~erbert S
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Notes: EE,. 68-73. 52aarbara Hardy
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272. Notes: EJ2.. 78- 81. 17 quoted
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274. Notes: Ell. 87-93. 3GEL , vol.
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276. Notes: 12lI2.. 96-*_ 28George
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27.8. Notes: I?2,. 1 06-1 09. 31lma
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280. Notes: E.l2,. 115-120. 68A•
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282 •• Notes: Ell. 128- 133. 15
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284.. Notes: E2,. 138-142. 25George
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286. Notes:;e:e,. 147-151 63Paul Ti
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Notes: ~. 157-164. 6George Eliot, :
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290. Notes: E,E.. 169-176. 10David
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Notes: ER,.. 182-189. 49George Elio
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294. Notes: .eE,.. 197-200. Tragedy
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296. Notes: I!P... 204--21 2. 6Ibid
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298. Notes: E£. 218-223 17George E
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300 • Notes: ~. 229-233. 53quoted
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Notes: pp. 241-248. 91 Basil Willey
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Bibliography. Primary Sources: !. G
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Hennell, Charles. ~ InquiJ;y concer
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308. Adam, Ian. Ed. ~ Particular !!
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310. H. Champion, 1933. Bowler, Pet
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312. Eisely, Loren. Darwin's Centur
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314-. _. ~ Novels 2!. Georse Eliot:
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316. reoherohe ~ temps perdu, ~.2!
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318. Lodge, David. ~ Language of' F
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320. Paris, Bernard. Experiments !!
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322. Sartre, J-P. Existentialism ~
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324. Tillioh, Paul. ~ Courage ~~. L
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