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More than siblings? : A study of the incestuous relationship between Maggie and Tom in George Eliot's <em>The Mill on the Floss</em>

<p>Because of the many similarities between the life of George Eliot and the lives of Maggie and Tom Tulliver in <em>The Mill on The Floss,</em> Eliot’s novel has been understood as an autobiographical novel. The aim of the essay is to, by using a psychoanalytical perspective, examine if the fictional characters could be said to be engaged in an incestuous relationship even though they do not engage in a sexual relationship. Though their relationship never becomes sexual, there are factors which could support a claim that brother and sister are engaged in an non-sexual incestuous relationship.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hig-5926
Date January 2009
CreatorsPejcinovic, Mirza
PublisherUniversity of Gävle, Ämnesavdelningen för svenska språket och engelska
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text

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