Tom Tulliver

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fictional character literary character

Tom Tulliver is a central character in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," portrayed as the practical, duty-bound brother whose rigid sense of morality and responsibility contrasts with his sister Maggie’s passionate nature.

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Label Occurrences
Tom Tulliver canonical 18
Tulliver 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn The Mill on the Floss ⓘ
appearsInGenre realist novel ⓘ
associatedWith Dorlcote Mill ⓘ
characterRole central character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
contrastsWith Maggie Tulliver ⓘ
createdBy George Eliot ⓘ
George Eliot ⓘ
surface form: Mary Ann Evans
familyName Tom Tulliver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tulliver
gender male ⓘ
hasAlias Tom ⓘ
hasFather Mr. Tulliver ⓘ
hasMother Mr. Tulliver ⓘ
surface form: Mrs. Tulliver
hasSibling Maggie Tulliver ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
loyaltyTo Tulliver family versus Wakem family ⓘ
surface form: Tulliver family
medium novel ⓘ
moralOutlook strict sense of morality ⓘ
narrativeFunction foil to Maggie Tulliver ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
mill owner ⓘ
personalityTrait duty-bound ⓘ
moralistic ⓘ
practical ⓘ
responsible ⓘ
rigid ⓘ
settingOfActivity St. Ogg's ⓘ
value family honor ⓘ
financial responsibility ⓘ
social respectability ⓘ
workPublicationYear 1860 ⓘ

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The Mill on the Floss → mainCharacter → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
Maggie Tulliver → hasSibling → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
Maggie Tulliver → diesWith → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
Tom Tulliver → familyName → Tom Tulliver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulliver
Mr. Tulliver → hasChild → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
Mr. Tulliver → hasRelationshipWith → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
Mr. Tulliver → isStrictWith → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
Lucy Deane → friendOf → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
St. Ogg's → associatedWithCharacter → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
the River Floss → connectedToCharacter → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
subject surface form: River Floss
Dorlcote Mill → associatedWithCharacter → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
Maggie Tulliver is Tom Tulliver's sister → hasSibling → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
subject surface form: Maggie Tulliver
Maggie Tulliver is Tom Tulliver's sister → conflictsWith → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
subject surface form: Maggie Tulliver
Maggie Tulliver is Tom Tulliver's sister → reconcilesWith → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
subject surface form: Maggie Tulliver
Maggie Tulliver is romantically involved with Stephen Guest → hasSibling → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
subject surface form: Maggie Tulliver
Tulliver family versus Wakem family → involvesCharacter → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
The Mill on the Floss (1978 TV series) → followsCharacter → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
The Mill on the Floss (1997 TV film) → mainCharacter → Tom Tulliver ⓘ
Philip Wakem → conflictWith → Tom Tulliver ⓘ