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LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Mill on the Floss , which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Tulliver tells his wife, Mrs. Tulliver , that he wants their son, Tom , to get a better education than Mr. Tulliver himself had received. Tulliver hopes that Tom will attend school somewhere close to home, so that she can mend his clothes and send him extra food.
She wants recognition of her good qualities and sympathy for her emotions. She expects these to be clear to a perceptive person.
But she reveals a certain amount of arrogance — for example, regarding Bob "with his easily satisfied ignorance. Renunciation becomes satisfaction for her. Maggie's viewpoint is used enough that the reader is likely to take her part, but in this chapter the author sets the reader at a sufficient distance to understand the mistake she makes.
First it is hinted that she shows too much self-concern: "she was as lonely. All of Maggie's yearnings and her renunciation are important to later developments. Her wish for love and for understanding are the driving force in her relationship with Philip. Her self-denial is a model of her later renunciation of Stephen, which is based on the belief that "love of thyself doth hurt thee more than anything in the world" and on repression of "inordinate love.
This occurs with Philip, and far more strongly with Stephen. Previous Chapter 2. Next Chapter 1. Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title. Tulliver So that Tom can help Mr. Tulliver with law documents and arbitrations. What does Mr. Tulliver seek Mr. Riley's advice about? Maggie's uncanny intelligence Tulliver's dispute with Mr. Pivart over the Floss water Tom's education Tulliver's disputes with his wife's family, the Dodsons.
What book does Maggie show Mr. Riley that she is reading? Why does Tom first get angry at Maggie when he comes home from school in Book First? Because she won't curl her hair Because she doesn't play fair at Heads or Tails Because she has forgotten to feed his rabbits and they've died Because she speaks badly of Lucy. Why does Tom break off his friendship with Bob Jakin? What impulsive action does Maggie take during the visit of her aunts and uncles in Book First?
She falls in the mud She eats Tom's dessert She steps on a cake She cuts her own hair. What do Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver have a disagreement over? Table linens Tom's education The pounds Mrs.
Glegg has lent Mr. Tulliver Maggie's behavior. Why does Mr. Tulliver ultimately decide not to press his sister for the money she owes him? Because he thinks of Maggie dependent upon Tom after his own death Because he sees her eight children Because Mr. Moss convinces him to lay off Because another investment of his makes good. What are Maggie's intentions towards the gypsies? To use them to make her family pity her To learn their language To teach them and be their queen To teach them how to cook.
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