The Mill on the Floss MARILENA BELTRAMINI弗洛斯河上的磨坊该Beltramini.pptVIP

Eva Cavallari cl. 3als a.s. 2013-2014 Eva Cavallari cl. 3als a.s. 2013-2014 Eva Cavallari cl. 3als a.s. 2013-2014 Eva Cavallari cl. 3als a.s. 2013-2014 George Eliot A Review Eva Cavallari cl. 3als a.s. 2013-2014 Eva Cavallari cl. 3als a.s. 2013-2014 AUTHOR: George Eliot (alias Mary Ann Evans) PUBLICATION DATE: 1860 CONTENT CHARACTERS SETTING THEMES MESSAGE TO BE LEARNT NEW VOCABULARY LEARNT George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) Eva Cavallari cl. 3als a.s. 2013-2014 The Mill on the Floss deals with the story of Maggie Tulliver and her older brother Tom. They lived in Dorlcote Mill, with their father, Mr. Tulliver, the owner of the mill and their mother, Mrs. Bessy Tulliver. CHILDHOOD TOM PHILIP ECONIMIC RUIN FAMILY’S DECAY WOMENHOOD VENGEANCE and DEATH THE FLOOD Eva Cavallari cl. 3als a.s. 2013-2014 CHILDHOOD The story begins when Maggie was 9 years old. Her childhood was characterized by her relationship with Tom, and with his classmate Philip Wakem. TOM Maggie was fond of Tom but they had really different characters: Maggie was clever and dreamer, on the contrary Tom was more pragmatic and close-minded. These deep differences between them would be the cause of their future breach and moving away. PHILIP Maggie met Philip during a visit to her brother’s school. Philip was deformed but he had got a brilliant and gentle mind. They immediately got on well, but their relationship would be broken off by the economic ruin of Mr. Tulliver, caused by Philip’s father, Mr. Wakem. Eva Cavallari cl. 3als a.s. 2013-2014 ECONOMIC RUIN After Mr. Tulliver had lost the economic cause against Mr. Wakem, he fell in ruin, till he had to sell all his property, including the mill, to Wakem. After the trial, Mr. Tulliver fell gravely ill and as a result Tom, who was seventeen years old at this point, entered in the world of business to pay his father’s debts and eventually to buy again the mill. FAMILY ‘S