A study of characterisation in the novels of George Eliot

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283. Notes: ~. 133-138. 4George Eliot, Janet's Repentanoe, p. 339. 5GEL, vol. 6, p. 380, n. 8. 6GEL , vol 5, p. 448. 7GEL , vol. 6, p. 380, n. 8. Syfilliam Worsdworth, "Ode to Duty" J in ~ Complete Works 2!. William Wordsworth, (London and Glasgow, 1900), p. 476. 9F• D • Maurice, ~ Consoienoe: Leotures .2!l Casuistry, 2D4ea., (London, 1872), p. p. 57. 10 Ibid , p. 57. 11 Ibid, p. 54. 1 2George Eliot, The ~ .2!l ~ Floss, p. 326. 13 Ibid , p. 327. 1~id, p. 352. 15 Ib1d ~ p. 377. 16 Ibid , p. 489. 17 Ibid =.::.1 p. 489. 18 Ibid , p. 538. 19 Ibid , p. 540. 20 Ibid , p. 539. 21 Ibid, p.541. 22George Eliot, Romola, p. 372. 23Ibid, p. 1 88. ~id, p. 170.
284.. Notes: E2,. 138-142. 25George Eliot, Felix Holt, p. 157. 26George Eliot, Romola, pp. 520-21. 27George Eliot, Middlemaroh, p. 59. 28 Ibid , p. 163. 29 Ibid .::..:::.=1 p • 163. 3~id, p. 211. 31 Ibid .::..:::.=1 p • 391. 32 Ibid , p. 605. 33 Ibid ~ p. 333. 34rbid, p. 333 35 Ibid ~ p. 333. 36George Eliot, ~ Spanish Gyspsy, p. 117. 37Ibid, p. 129. 38George Eliot, "Notes on The Spanish Gypsy and Trage~ in general", in J. W. Cross, ~ ~ Letters s!. George Eliot, (New York" 1884?), p. 509. 39Thomas C. Pinney, "The Authority of the Past in George Eliot's Novels", Nineteenth Century Fiotion, XXI, No 2, (Sept. 1966), p. 141+. 40George Eliot, "Notes on The Spanish Gypsy and Tragedy in general", p. 509. M Thomas c. Pinney, liThe Authority of the Past in George Eliot's Novels", p. 143. ·42 Ibid, p. 141+.
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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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128. see very little of her, has sh
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1.30. has sacred virtue.!! 19 She f
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132. I have been labouring the poin
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134. and is therefore related to th
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136. the simplicity and clearness o
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138. herself is somewhat ambivalent
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;ylaints which'ange many clitics on
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142. She accepts in these words a C
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1411-. ological novel concealed wit
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146. the children--which she would
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that come vlith the revelation of h
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150. original sin and the need for
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152. way with Comte t s dogmatic as
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154. The Incalculable Effect. The p
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156. those of mentor/pupil. They Sh
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158. I i The important healing qual
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160. In 1854, George Eliot translat
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creatures, love and tolerance. Simi
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spirit of Feuerbach than his politi
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-166 .. does not totally avoid all
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168. construct for moral grovnh. It
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170. that base line and the height
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172. home a familiar unmistakable d
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174. strengths. Gwendolen has not c
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176. psychological terms; there is
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178. vanity and her longing for soc
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180. tllat Casa;.1bon seeks to impo
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ignore the fact that we have only t
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184. than work and money. The very
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186. to do this; they ·willingly e
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188. of more recent psychological t
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190. to alter perspeoti ve on her c
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192. conceit of means whereby seque
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1 thought processes as, f"ee:Ling s
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196. and so on, all establish the i
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198. suoh a description. The first
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aooept the Positivistio faith in ir
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202. it. Let us now oonsider in gre
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It is Do; )t;hea t s engagement to
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":hanging wit'"; the sElcrElt, a 'o
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208. he did not look mood;y; if he
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\'he crusty, ;t:"ic painter, nero d
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212. he is more inclined tovmrds li
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214. Preoepts ~ People. If we plot
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216. the ''heredit~ entailed Nemesi
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218. . II 10 an d agal.n. When she
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220. be stripped S!!. self-seekinea
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222. do not "choose, ~ in Mill t S
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spones. Psychoanalytic critics have
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226. remonstrate further nor does s
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228. ness will demonstrate a breadt
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230. don Silva and accepts her gyps
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