Maggie Tulliver

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Maggie Tulliver is the passionate, intelligent, and emotionally conflicted heroine of George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," whose struggles with family loyalty, social convention, and personal desire drive the story’s central tragedy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
heroine
literary character
protagonist
appearsIn The Mill on the Floss
appearsInGenre Victorian novel
appearsInLanguage English
associatedWithLocation Dorlcote Mill
St. Ogg's
centralTo tragedy of The Mill on the Floss
createdBy George Eliot
diesIn flood at St. Ogg's
diesWith Tom Tulliver
gender female
hasAunt Mrs. Deane
Mrs. Glegg
Mrs. Pullet
hasCharacterTrait emotionally conflicted
imaginative
impulsive
intelligent
passionate
rebellious
self-sacrificing
hasCousin Lucy Deane
hasEducation largely self-educated
hasFather Mr. Tulliver
hasLoveInterest Philip Wakem
Stephen Guest
hasMoralConflict elopement attempt with Stephen Guest
relationship with Philip Wakem
hasMother Barbara Tulliver
surface form: Mrs. Tulliver
hasSibling Tom Tulliver
hasThemeRelation conflict between individual desire and social duty
constraints on women in Victorian society
female intellectual frustration
sibling loyalty
influences readers’ perception of women’s inner lives in Victorian fiction
narrativeRole focus of psychological development in the novel
nationalityInFiction English
publicationContext character in an 1860 novel
strugglesWith family loyalty
personal desire
religious duty
social convention
symbolizes conflict between passion and renunciation
struggle of a sensitive nature against rigid social norms
timePeriodInFiction early 19th century

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The Mill on the Floss mainCharacter Maggie Tulliver
Tom Tulliver hasSibling Maggie Tulliver
Tom Tulliver contrastsWith Maggie Tulliver
Mr. Tulliver hasChild Maggie Tulliver
Mr. Tulliver hasRelationshipWith Maggie Tulliver
Mr. Tulliver isIndulgentToward Maggie Tulliver
Stephen Guest romanticallyInvolvedWith Maggie Tulliver
Lucy Deane relativeOf Maggie Tulliver
Lucy Deane cousinOf Maggie Tulliver
Lucy Deane contrastedWith Maggie Tulliver
Lucy Deane friendOf Maggie Tulliver
St. Ogg's associatedWithCharacter Maggie Tulliver
the River Floss connectedToCharacter Maggie Tulliver
subject surface form: River Floss
Dorlcote Mill associatedWithCharacter Maggie Tulliver
Maggie Tulliver is Tom Tulliver's sister hasSibling Maggie Tulliver
subject surface form: Tom Tulliver
Maggie Tulliver is Tom Tulliver's sister fullName Maggie Tulliver
subject surface form: Maggie Tulliver
Maggie Tulliver has a close relationship with Philip Wakem linkedToCharacterArc Maggie Tulliver
this entity surface form: MaggieTulliver
Maggie Tulliver is romantically involved with Stephen Guest hasFullName Maggie Tulliver
subject surface form: Maggie Tulliver
Tulliver family versus Wakem family complicatesRelationship Maggie Tulliver
this entity surface form: Maggie Tulliver and Philip Wakem
Philip Wakem inLoveWith Maggie Tulliver
Philip Wakem closeRelationshipWith Maggie Tulliver
Philip Wakem friendOf Maggie Tulliver