Lalji Baraiya's presentation summarizes the Victorian novel Middlemarch by George Eliot. It introduces the main characters - Dorothea Brooke, a pious and intelligent woman who marries Edward Casaubon; Rosamond Vincy, a vain and ambitious woman who marries Tertius Lydgate; and Mary Garth, a sensible woman who gains Fred Vincy's respect. The presentation provides historical context about the English Midlands in 1829-1832 and discusses Eliot's skill at creating charming yet contrasting characters that reflect the social changes of the time.

1. Welcome
Name:- Lalji. G. Baraiya.
Course.:- M.A.-1 , Sem-2.
Year:- 2019-’20.
Roll no.:- 21.
Enrollment no.:-2069108420190001.
G-mail Id.:- laljibaraiya789@gmail.com.
Paper no.:- 6(The Victorian Literature).
Topic:- Art of Characterization in ‘Middlemarch’.
 Submitted to:- Smt. S.B.Gardi.Dep.of Engllish
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

2. ‘Historical event & Title’
• Middlemarch is a work of
realism .
• Midlands town of
Middlemarch during 1829-
1832.
• 1832- the reform act.
( Social & Political).
• Beginning of railways.
• Death of King George IV.
• Develop medical science
and examines.

3. Mary Ann Evans
• Pen name George Eliot.
• English novelist, poet,
journalist, translator
and writer.
Notable Work:
1. Mill on the Floss.
2. Romola
3. Daniel Deronda
4. Middlemarch ( 1871-
72)

4. ‘Middlemarch’
• Author:- George Eliot.
• Working title:- Miss Brooke.
• Genre:-Bulky novel.
• Set in :- English Midland,
Sep. 1829 - 32.
• Published :- 1871
• Themes:- Study of Provincial
life, marriage, Woman
Question, Focus on
relationship, trying, failing in
love.

5. List of Major Character
• May be total 42 characters in the novel.
1) Dorothea Brooke.
2) Edward Casaubon.
3) Rosamond Vincy.
4) Tertius Lydgate.
5) Mary Garth.
6) Fred Vincy.

6. Chart of relationship

8. 1.) Dorothea Brooke
Patient lady
Exceptional
Woman
Smart
Pious &
Beauty
Moral
Character
Marries with
Edward
Casaubon

9. Patient lady,
suffering a lot
Exceptional
Woman
&Actress &
member of
parliament
Beauty, Moral,
Smart & Pious
Marries with
Mukesh
Agarwal but
love Amitabh

11. 2.) Ladislaw
Young Cousin of Mr. Casaubon
No
property
Man of great verve, idealism
& talent
No fixed profession
Comes to
love
Dorothea
Can’t marry

12. 3.) Mary Garth & Fred Vincy
Good woman
Working as a
assistant
Intelligent as
Dorothea
Better Cha. Than
Doro. & Rosa.
Look like some
kind of universal
Rosamond’s
brother
Loved Mary Garth
from childhood
Family hopes /
becoming
clergyman
He gains Mary’s
respect

13. Neha as - Good woman, Working as
a assistant, Intelligent

14. 4.) Rosamond Vincy & Lydgat
Vain, beautiful,
shallow
Low opinion of
Middlemarch
Marries for
money & Social
standing
Ambitions of
luxuries life
Unable to bear
the idea of
losing
Idealistic,
talented
Native young
doctor
Hopes to
advancement in
medicine
Ends up unhappy
marriage
Sacrificing his
high idea in order
to please his
wife.

15. Conclusion
• The situation and characters of
the play were not entirely new,
but Eliot has rich wit and
remarkable sense of theatrical
effect gave them freshness.
Charming characters as
Dorothea and Rosamond, two
very different women who
reflected in them the different
tunes of the times.

16. Resources
• https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/middlemarch
/characters/

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