Dorlcote Mill

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Dorlcote Mill is the fictional riverside mill and family home central to the plot and emotional landscape of George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss."

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Dorlcote Mill canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf family home
fictional location
mill
appearsIn The Mill on the Floss
associatedTheme childhood vs adulthood
class and debt
family loyalty
gender constraints
industrial and social change
associatedWithCharacter Maggie Tulliver
Mrs. Tulliver
surface form: Mrs Tulliver

Tom Tulliver
centralTo emotional landscape of The Mill on the Floss
plot of The Mill on the Floss
countryInFiction England
createdBy George Eliot
describedAs riverside mill
fictionalWork The Mill on the Floss
firstPublicationContext The Mill on the Floss
surface form: The Mill on the Floss (1860)
function water-powered flour mill
genreContext Victorian realist novel
hasFeature adjacent fields and farm buildings
mill house
waterwheel
hasMedium literature
influences Maggie Tulliver’s sense of belonging
Tom Tulliver’s sense of duty and pride
languageOfWork English
literaryStatus iconic setting in George Eliot’s fiction
locatedNear St. Ogg's
surface form: St Ogg’s
locatedOn the River Floss
surface form: River Floss
narrativeRole primary home of the Tulliver family
site of family conflict
site of financial ruin
ownedBy Mr. Tulliver
surface form: Mr Tulliver

Tulliver family versus Wakem family
surface form: Tulliver family
partOf rural Midlands setting in The Mill on the Floss
settingFor childhood of Maggie Tulliver
childhood of Tom Tulliver
symbolizes conflict between tradition and progress
economic security
family stability
loss and change
undergoes loss by mortgage and legal dispute

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The Mill on the Floss settingLocation Dorlcote Mill
Tom Tulliver associatedWith Dorlcote Mill
Mr. Tulliver owns Dorlcote Mill
Mr. Tulliver residesIn Dorlcote Mill
St. Ogg's hasFictionalInstitution Dorlcote Mill
the River Floss connectedToPlaceInFiction Dorlcote Mill
subject surface form: River Floss