Week 8: The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

Book 1: Boy and Girl (Chapter 1-6) (Textual Reading and Analysis)

Development of child characters: Maggie and Tom

Discussion: Child Psychology, Analysis of Dodson Code

Portraying gender differences through Maggie and Tom Tulliver

Boy and Girl Reading of Text (Chapter 7-13)

a- Dodson Aunts

b- Comparison among Lucie, Maggie and Tom

Book 2:  School-Time

a.  Education of Tom  b. Philip and Tom

Analysis & Discussion: a.Mr. Tulliver’s character b. Parallels between Maggie and Phillip c. Family in crisis d.  Psychological Realism

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