Name :- Pritiba B. Gohil 

Roll No. :- 21 

Course No. 6 :- The Victorian Literature 

Presentation Topic :- ‘Failed Idealism’ in Middlemarch

Enrolment No :- PG 14101016  

M.A. English Semester - 2Batch Year :- 2014 - 2016

 Submitted to :-

Department of EnglishMaharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar

University

Middlemarch By George Eliot :-

About George Eliot :-• Mary Anne Evans, who

wrote under the pen name of George Eliot.

• Born on 22 November 1819.• Died on 22 December 1880.• She is the author of seven

novels, including1. Adam Bede (1859), 2. The Mill on the Floss (1860), 3. Silas Marner (1861),4. Middlemarch (1871–72),

and 5. Daniel Deronda (1876).• Mary Anne began writing

Middlemarch in 1869.

What is Idealism :-

Idealism

• Idealism• noun: idealism• the unrealistic belief in or pursuit

of perfection.• definition :- In popular culture,

an idealist is generally defined as “a person who sees the world as it could be rather than as it currently exists.”

What is Failed Idealism :-• Idealism is an utopian idea which can’t

achieved.That’s why idealism fails.• To much idealism fails.

How Idealism Fails In Middlemarch :-

Marriages Fails In Middlemarch :-

• Marriage

• Life • Death

Idealism About Marriages And How It Is Failed As Failed Idealism Of Marriages

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• Most characters in Middlemarch marry for love rather than obligation, yet marriage still appears negative and unromantic.

• Marriage and the pursuit of it are central concerns in Middlemarch, but unlike in many novels of the time, marriage is not considered the ultimate source of happiness.

• Two examples are the failed marriages of Dorothea and Lydgate.

• Dorothea’s marriage fails because of her youth and of her disillusions about marrying a much older man.

• While Lydgate’s marriage fails because of irreconcilable personalities.

• As none of the marriages reach a perfect fairytale ending, we can say that Middlemarch is a novel which deals with ‘failed idealism’ .

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