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The Deane's were saved, but not by Maggie and Tom.


* RisingWaterRisingTension: A flood is used to provide a dramatic climax to the novel, in which Tom and Maggie use a boat to save Lucy Deane and her family from the rising waters.

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* RisingWaterRisingTension: A flood is used to provide a dramatic climax to the novel, in which Tom and Maggie use a boat to try to save Lucy Deane and her family from the rising waters. waters.
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* SillyPrayer: Tom Tulliver, unhappy at Mr Stelling's school, adds to his prayer the following: "And please to make me always remember my Latin." He pauses a little to consider how he should pray about Euclid and geometry, and then adds: "And make Mr Stelling say I sha'n't do Euclid any more. Amen."

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[[caption-width-right:200: Tom and Maggie Tulliver]]

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* AlliterativeName: Tom Tulliver

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* RisingWaterRisingTension: A flood is used to provide a dramatic climax to the novel, in which Tom and Maggie use a boat to save Lucy Deane and her family from the rising waters.
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* AloofBigBrother: Tom is the beneficiary of ParentalFavouritism, and frequently heaps scorn on his sister, but also enjoys her BigBrotherWorship more than he cares to admit.

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* AloofBigBrother: Tom is the beneficiary of ParentalFavouritism, ParentalFavoritism, and frequently heaps scorn on his sister, but also enjoys her BigBrotherWorship more than he cares to admit.
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''The Mill on the Floss'' is a novel by Creator/GeorgeEliot, which charts the ComingOfAge of Maggie and Tom Tulliver, two siblings living in a fictional hamlet in [[OopNorth Lincolnshire]]. The siblings' complex, and at times strained relationship is complicated when the family fortunes waver and Maggie - ever disapproved of for her "unladylike" temperament and pursuit of knowledge - finds herself yearning for an affection which her adored but stern brother withholds, only to find a kindred spirit in Phillip Wakem, son of the both Tom and their father Edward hold responsible for the latter's misfortunes.

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''The Mill on the Floss'' is a novel by Creator/GeorgeEliot, which charts the ComingOfAge of Maggie and Tom Tulliver, two siblings living in a fictional hamlet in [[OopNorth Lincolnshire]]. The siblings' complex, complex and at times strained relationship is further complicated when the family fortunes waver and Maggie - ever disapproved of for her "unladylike" temperament and pursuit of knowledge - finds herself yearning for an affection which her adored but stern brother withholds, only to find a kindred spirit in Phillip Wakem, son of the man both Tom and their father Edward hold responsible for the latter's misfortunes.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: [[spoiler: They don't]].

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* WillTheyOrWontThey: [[spoiler: They don't]].don't]].
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* OldFashionedRowboatDate: Several, one of which goes disastrously wrong.
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* HiddenDepths: Aunt Jane Glegg, as is discovered in a later chapter, appropriately named "Showing That Old Acquaintances Are Capable of Surprising Us".
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* SingleTargetSexuality: From childhood, Phillip only has eyes for Maggie, and [[spoiler: he never finds another love after her death]].

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