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* WhatBeautifulEyes: Maggie's dark eyes which "seem trying to speak kindly", according to Phillip. But almost everyone else laments her dark colouring and compares her unfavourably to her fairer relatives.
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* WhatBeautifulEyes: Maggie's dark eyes which "seem trying to speak kindly", according to Phillip. But almost everyone else laments her dark colouring Later Stephen Guest and compares her unfavourably to her fairer relatives.John Wakem also remark on their beauty.
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* RomanticFalseLead: There is a suggestion that Tom is in love with [[KissingCousins Lucy Deane]], but if so, he never confirms or acts upon it.
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: [[spoiler: Maggie]]
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* DoubleStandard: The differing treatment of [[spoiler: Maggie and Stephen]] following their indiscretion (the former is considered DefiledForever and made the target of gossip and ostracism, whereas the young man is thought of as a victim of a wiley, wayward woman) is thoroughly eviscerated.
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* RomanticFalseLead: There is a suggestion that Tom is in love with [[KissingCousins Lucy Deane]], but if so, he never confirms or acts upon it.
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* [[spoiler:[[IHaveNoSon I Have No Sister]]: Tom disowns Maggie after her apparent elopement with Stephen Guest]].
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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, at times strained, but always loving 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, and at times strained, but always loving 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.
* ChekhovsSkill: Maggie insists upon learning to row so that Lucy and Stephen can relax together in their boat, which comes in handy when [[spoiler: the Floss floods and she needs to save Tom from the second story of the family home]].
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Maggie's dark eyes and hair, occasionally referred to as black.
* GoodShepherd: The local minister Dr Kenn through and through, who donates most of his income to charity and takes Grattan into his home when the boy accidentally shoots his mother, and later does the same for [[spoiler: Maggie, after she is ConvictedByPublicOpinion]].
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* WhatBeautifulEyes: Maggie's dark eyes which "seem trying to speak kindly", according to Phillip. But almost everyone else laments her dark colouring and compares her unfavourably to her fairer relatives.relatives.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: [[spoiler: They don't]].
* WillTheyOrWontThey: [[spoiler: They don't]].
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Before he confesses his love, this is Phillip's sentiment, as he doesn't believe Maggie will ever love him back. He resolves to be a friend, a guardian, a brother, or whatever else she will allow him to be... but it turns out she returns his feelings.
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* DumbBlonde: Elizabeth and Tom Tulliver are the DumbBlondes to Maggie's BrainyBrunette.
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* DumbBlonde: Elizabeth and Tom Tulliver are the DumbBlondes [[DumbBlonde Dumb Blondes]] to Maggie's BrainyBrunette.
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* WhatBeautifulEyes: Maggie's dark eyes which "seem trying to speak kindly", according to Phillip. But almost everyone else laments her dark colouring and compares her unfavourably to her fairer relatives.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Maggie's dark eyes which "seem trying to speak kindly", according to Phillip. But almost everyone else laments her dark colouring and compares her unfavourably to her fairer relatives.
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* BreakTheHaughty: The loss of the lawsuit and the resultant bankruptcy comes as a huge shock to Edward Tulliver, to the point of sending him into an AngstComa from which he never fully recovers.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kezia, the "bad-tempered, good-hearted" maid to the Tullivers, who for all her scolding and for all that she has a HairTriggerTemper, chooses to stay with the family during Edward's illness, wages or no wages.
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* MasculineGirlAndFeminineBoy: By the standards of the time, Maggie and Phillip, certainly. Phillip is sensitive, timid and thoughtful, and sometimes described in feminine terms in the book, while Maggie is a spirited {{Tomboy}} with little ability to interpret others' emotions.
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* MasculineGirlAndFeminineBoy: MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: By the standards of the time, Maggie and Phillip, certainly. Phillip is sensitive, timid and thoughtful, and sometimes described in feminine terms in the book, while Maggie is a spirited {{Tomboy}} with little ability to interpret others' emotions.
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* ObliviousToLove: Maggie is dumbfounded when Phillip confesses his love, as it simply never occurred to her to think of him as anything but a friend. He assumes at first that she is incapable of loving a "cripple" like him.
* ObliviousToLove: Maggie is dumbfounded when Phillip confesses his love, as it simply never occurred to her to think of him as anything but a friend. He assumes at first that she is incapable of loving a "cripple" like him.
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[[caption-width-right:200: Tom and Maggie Tulliver]]
[[caption-width-right:200: Tom and Maggie Tulliver]]
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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]].
Lincolnshire]]. The siblings' complex, at times strained, but always loving 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.
Often cited as Eliot's most autobiographical novel.
Often cited as Eliot's most autobiographical novel.
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* GeniusCripple: Studious, artistic Phillip Wakem, who is a hunchback.
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* IJustWantToBeLoved: Maggie's central motivation, made explicit by WordOfGod.
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''The Mill on the Floss'' is a novel by Creator/GeorgeEliot, which charts the ComingOfAge of two siblings, Maggie and Tom Tulliver, living in a fictional hamlet in [[OopNorth Lincolnshire]].Lincolnshire]].
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