This document provides an introduction and critical analysis of the novel Middlemarch by George Eliot. It discusses the major characters, different political conflicts depicted in the novel including class, gender, and relationship politics. It analyzes three major love stories in the novel and how politics influenced the relationships between Dorothea and Casaubon, Rosamond and Lydgate, and Mary and Fred. The conclusion emphasizes how Eliot depicts the political angles and moral lessons of the Victorian era through her characters.

1. Critical note on “ Politics of
Relationship” in Middlemarch
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2. Introduction of George Eliot
 Born in 22
November 1819.
 Died in 22 December
1880.
 George Eliot’s real
name is “ Marry
Anne” and her pet
name is “ George
Eliot”.
 Eliot is an a English
novelist.
 She is writer of
Victorian Era.

3. Introduction of Middlemarch
 1871 a novel by
George Eliot about the
people who in an
imaginary town in
central England called
Middlemarch during a
time of social and
economical reform .
 Many people consider
it to be one of the
greatest novel in
English .
 It’s subtitle is “ study of
provincial life” .

4. Major Characters…..
 Dorothea brook
 Edward Casaubon
 Rosamond Vincy
 Tertius Lydgate
 Mary Garth
 Fred Vincy
 Celia
 James

5. Different Political Conflicts…..
 Old and New ( church ) politics
 Class ( upper – middle – lower )
politics
 Gender politics ( Man – Woman )
 Power politics
 Relationship politics
 Spiritual politics

6. Politics in Middlemarch…..
 Everything is political in Middlemarch ,
with most people strongly backing the
conservative party .
 Personal alliances and aversions are
based on matters of politics and political
identification .
 But even political matter , like all things ,
get personal ; people decide who or who
not to support by how they like them ,
even more so sometimes than any
dependence on issues .

7. Politics of Relationship…..
Politics of
Relationship
Pride
Prejudice
Politics
Power

8. Politics in Relationship…..
Edward Casaubon
Dorothea Brook
Will Ladislaw

9. Three major Love stories…..
1. Dorothea and
Casaubon
2. Rosamond
and Lydgate
3. Marry Garth
and Fred Vinci

10. Why Dorothea married
Casaubon ?
 She thinks
Casaubon is great
intellectual .
 Her ambition was
to take on a noble
project , but she
fails in her purpose
.
 Here Casaubon
married her
because he thinks
that she is fully

11. Why Lydgate married Rosamond
?
 Lydgate falls in
love with
Rosamond Vinci .
 While Rosamond
thinks about him as
he is rich .
 Both are
disappointed from
each other .

12. Why Marry married Fred ?
 Marry tells Fred
that she will not
Marry if he
becomes a
clergyman .
 Her condition
saves Fred from an
unhappy
entrapment in an
occupation he
doesn’t like .

13. Conclusion…..
 George Eliot’s describes all
negativities of the age , she leads
reader to the morality of life .
 We can see political angle everywhere
in this character driven novel either in
visible or in hidden form .