The study on the materialism in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss

Resanti, Sandya (2007) The study on the materialism in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Madiun.

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The objectives of this study, entitled The Study on the Materialism in materialistic points of view and actions and (2) to explore the effects of materialism in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss. In this writing,the writer uses library research including internet browsing in order to find the data.Psychological approach and sociological approach are used to analyze the data descriptively. The characters' materialistic points of view and action are found in the characters of Maggie Tulliver, Tom Tulliver, Elizabeth Tulliver, Jeremy Tulliver,Mrs. Glegg, Mrs. Pullet, Lawyer Wakem and Lucy Deane. All of them have desire to get the wealth. Such as getting married with the persons from high class,making an affair for the sake of financial support or wealth.They think that all of things in this world can be reached with money. Most of them do not care for others' pain and suffering, since what they want in mind is only material things and also their own happiness. The effects of the materialism are various. Maggie's materialism has effects on Tom Tulliver, Stephen Guest, Philip Wakem, Lucy Deane, St. Ogg's society and herself. Maggie sacrifices her relationship with her brother, Tom.Philip Wakem and Lucy Deane feels suffering from Maggie's affair with Stephen Guest.Then,Stephen also suffers when he knows that Maggie does not love him.Maggie makes a relationship with him only for the sake of the wealth. But in the end of the story, Maggie has a guilty feeling for causing all of the conflicts. The effect is also on Tom. He becomes an optimistic person, while his mother becomes pessimistic. Thus, egoist side is appearing on Jeremy Tulliver and Lawyer Wakem who become egoistic for they fight each other for the wealth. The last effect happens to Dodson's family, Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Pullet. Both of them tend to be snobbish persons because of the wealth.

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