The Mill On The Floss Analysis

Introduction:

Mary Anne Evans, later to be famous as George Eliot, was born on 22 November 1819, at Arbury Farm. The youngest daughter in her family, she was deeply influenced by her father. In her childhood, she quite often felt insecure, for her plain looks were constantly contrasted with those of her pretty sister, Christina. She showered her love and affection on her brother, Issac. In her later life, she met George Henry Lewes, one of the best Drama critics of the age. He was married but separated from his wife. A mutual attraction developed between Mary Anne Evans and George Lewes, for both had serious interests and Mary Anne began to live with Lewes, as his mistress. As a result, she was ostracized by her family and society____ for living in sin. But they both found profound happiness in each other. It was under Lewes’ influence that Mary Anne became the novelist George Eliot.

Definition:

“An account of a person’s life written or told by the person himself. He gives a vivid description of his childhood in his autobiography. A writer who writes an autobiography is like a painter who paints a self-portrait.”

It is the George Eliot’s second novel and is also most problematic for her. It contains more tragedy and more comedy than any other, and it has the

In fact, it is not an autobiographical novel in its each and every episode, even Maggie’s story is not completely parallel to that of Mary Anne Evans. Though early memories of place and persons are autobiographical, in which town of St.Oggs represents Gainsborough round pool to which she had gone on fishing expedition with her brother and his favourite haunt “Red Deeps” is transformed from Gruff to Darlcote Mill. The attic to which Maggie retires in “The Mill On the Floss” reflects the attic to which George Eliot had retired to in her father’s house. So, F.R Leavis asserts