* TearJerker:
** The moment when [[spoiler: Mrs. Bulstrode]] quietly affirms her loyalty to [[spoiler: her husband]], despite the enormity of what has happened. (Done quite affectingly in the 1994 miniseries.)
** When he thinks he's about to be overcome by his debts, Lydgate envisions a couple who become closer by working together to deal with shabby belongings and having to very carefully stretch their food budget...and realizes that he and Rosamond are absolutely ''not'' that couple.
* ValuesDissonance:
** Not a particularly extreme example, but Will being stigmatised simply for being part Polish comes off as this to a modern reader.
** The repeated use of the phrase "rich as a Jew" would not fly in modern times, either, due to its anti-Semitic connotations.
** Lydgate sparks controversy in Middlemarch because he believes that doctors should only prescribe medicines, not sell them. He does this because he believes it's unethical for a doctor to both be in charge of telling people what drugs they should take, and also to make money from selling people those drugs (as a doctor might be tempted to pad out the diagnosis a little to make the bill higher). Many people in the town don't understand this and take against him for it. Nowadays, nobody thinks it's weird for your doctor and your pharmacist to be different people.
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