A Contrast Between George Eliot's "The Mill On THe Floss" And Thomas Hardy's "The Return Of THe Native"

1. Student Name: Muhammad Murad
Student Id: F2016119046
Student Program: BS-HEL (BS (Hons) English Literature)
Semester Number: 1st
Semester
Section: A
Subject Of Assignment: Victorian Novels
Subject Teacher Name: Sir Zafar Iqbal Bhatti
Assignment Number: 1st
Assignment Of 1st
Semester

2. Topic: A Comparison And A Contrast Between
Thomas Hardy’s “The Return Of The Native
And
George Eliot’s “The Mill On The Floss”
Hardy & “The Return of the Native” Eliot & His “The Mill on the Floss”
1) Thomas Hardy was a humorist and the 1) Mary Ann Evans with the pen-name George
story of his novels relates to the hapless Eliot, deals with the human psychology and
and poor people of the society and the favors them. She makes us know about
other most dealt type of people is those those people who are unable to convey the
who alter their minds subsequently due to feelings which are in them. We can say
some avarice. He mostly deals with the that she actually discusses the psyche of
cons of the society mostly. the downtrodden people, who can do
nothing against the oppressor except of
being frustrated with inanimate things
2) The tone of Hardy in “The Return Of 2) “The Mill on the Floss” has a very
The Native” is quite tragic and a few aroused tone and the reader doesn’t
characters have been presented as loses interest and in the whole novel, the
apathetic and they don’t care about reader feels sympathetic about the
others. Sufferer girl and woman, Maggie Tulliver.
3) In “The Return of the Native”, Hardy 3) In “The Mill on the Floss” Eliot sheds the
sheds light on the illiteracy and light on the point of view of the people of
narrow-mindedness of that time about the women. It is revealed
the people of his time which is from the novel that the people were very
actually the reign of Queen Victoria. Conservative about women’s point-of-
view and they didn’t even allowed the
study of Women.
4) “The Return of the Native” is a very 4) “The Mill on The Floss” is a novel which
tragic novel in which a lot of incidents is close to human psychology and
take place. Even a few characters are the that’s why the readers often feels
also tragic like Eustacia Vye, Damon depressive just because of the Maggie
Wildeve and Clym Yeobright have an who faces troubles all the time but she
in-fortunate ending. Eustacia and couldn’t even protest because those
Wildeve deserved such an end because were her own family members who
they deceived others. Also because made her a sufferer. Even his Brother,
they were the main cause of the death whom she loved the most, didn’t do
of Clym’s beloved mother Mrs. well with her.
Yeobright.
5) “The Return Of The Native” also shed 5) “The Mill On The Floss” gives a lesson
light on the confused state of mind of not considering someone low and
decisions which often lead to a greater also that women do possess the same
loss and an unfortunate end. It also rights as men do possess. From the
is a deterrent example for those who hazardous death of Tom Tulliver, there
betray innocent people and play with is a lesson for those who are very
their trust just for the sake of a greedy much proud of themselves and they
aim. Think everyone else is inferior and they
themselves are everything.
6) In “The Return Of The Native”, writer 6) The theme of “The Mill On The Floss”
mainly focuses on the importance of time is that the social conventions and
and the effect of it’s passage. Another one’s own feelings and ideas. The
important theme of the novel is that those novelist George Eliot also sheds light
people who cannot move-on with the on the tragedy of that time which was
natural rhythm of life, have a very sticking to their social restrictions

3. hazardous ending. As Eustacia is bored of to an extreme level. She also made
the Egdon Heath and wants to go to Paris people know about the avaricious
and Wildeve also thought the same when and narrow-minded folk of St. Ogg's.
he inherited a huge sum. So, both had a Despite of being intelligent, the
very hazardous and unfortunate ending. Protagonist Maggie Tulliver was not
allowed to go to the School just
because of the foolish traditions of
the people of that time. Her lapse
just that she was a girl.
7) “The Return Of The Native” has a very 8) “The Mill On The Floss” also had a
tragic end. The agonist was left alone tragical ending. But in this novel,
and the heroine died. The hero became the protagonist herself dies. But
famous as a preacher. She dies in saving her brother who
hurt her a lot and dies with him.