Essays about: "Tom Tulliver"

Found 1 essay containing the words Tom Tulliver.

  1. 1. More than siblings? : A study of the incestuous relationship between Maggie and Tom in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss

    University essay from Ämnesavdelningen för svenska språket och engelska

    Author : Mirza Pejcinovic; [2009]
    Keywords : George Eliot; Incest; Maggie Tulliver; Siblings; The Mill on the Floss; Tom Tulliver;

    Abstract : Because of the many similarities between the life of George Eliot and the lives of Maggie and Tom Tulliver in The Mill on The Floss, Eliot’s novel has been understood as an autobiographical novel. The aim of the essay is to, by using a psychoanalytical perspective, examine if the fictional characters could be said to be engaged in an incestuous relationship even though they do not engage in a sexual relationship. READ MORE