Tulliver family versus Wakem family

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central conflict in a novel family feud fictional literary conflict

The Tulliver family versus Wakem family is the central feud in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," embodying class tensions, personal vendettas, and the destructive consequences of pride and legal disputes.

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Label	Occurrences
Tulliver family	7
Tulliver family versus Wakem family canonical	1
TulliverFamily	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central conflict in a novel ⓘ family feud ⓘ fictional literary conflict ⓘ
author	George Eliot ⓘ
characterizedBy	inability to forgive ⓘ long-standing grudges ⓘ stubbornness ⓘ
complicatesRelationship	Maggie Tulliver ⓘ surface form: Maggie Tulliver and Philip Wakem
conflictBetween	Tulliver family versus Wakem family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tulliver family Wakem family ⓘ
drivenBy	Mr. Tulliver's resentment of Mr. Wakem ⓘ bankruptcy of the Tulliver family ⓘ lawsuit over the mill ⓘ
economicAspect	ownership and control of Dorlcote Mill ⓘ
hasTheme	class tensions ⓘ destructive consequences of resentment ⓘ economic insecurity ⓘ family loyalty ⓘ legal disputes ⓘ personal vendettas ⓘ pride ⓘ revenge ⓘ social mobility ⓘ
involvesCharacter	Maggie Tulliver ⓘ Mr. Tulliver ⓘ Mr. Wakem ⓘ Mrs. Tulliver ⓘ Philip Wakem ⓘ Tom Tulliver ⓘ
legalAspect	lawsuit over water rights and debts ⓘ
literarySignificance	exemplifies psychological realism in Victorian fiction ⓘ illustrates George Eliot's critique of provincial society ⓘ
narrativeFunction	drives the main plot of The Mill on the Floss ⓘ shapes Maggie Tulliver's moral and emotional development ⓘ
resultsIn	estrangement between Maggie Tulliver and her family ⓘ loss of the Tulliver mill ⓘ social decline of the Tulliver family ⓘ
setIn	English Midlands ⓘ St. Ogg's ⓘ
symbolizes	conflict between traditionalism and professional modernity ⓘ rigid class divisions in 19th-century England ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
workAppearsIn	The Mill on the Floss ⓘ