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1、TheTragedyofMaggieinTheMillontheFlossI.IntroductionTheMillontheFlosshaslongbeenoneofthemostpopularandhighlyregardednovelsinEnglishliterature.ItwaswrittenbyGeorgeEliot(1819-1880)whowrotemanynovelswithvarioussubjects.TheMillontheFlossisariddletomanyreaders,andithasthequal
2、ityofsphinx,whichisdifficulttounderstandandeasytogetmisled.ThenameGeorgeEliotwasthepen-nameofMaryAnnEvans,whowasbornonafarm.Herfatherwasalandagent.Shereceivedhereducationataprivateschool.Herfatherdiedwhenshewas16,andforthenext14yearsshekepthouseforherfather.Shedidagreat
3、dealofreadingsandlearnedmusicandtheGerman,French,andItalianlanguages.Shehadbeenbroughtupunderstrictreligiousinfluences,butsheearlyabandonedreligiousbeliefs,wanttobecameafreethinker.Sheshowedagreatinterestinsocialissuesandphilosophicalproblems.In1815,shewenttoLondonasass
4、istanteditorofaprogressivemagazine--TheWestminsterReview.ShetranslatedtwophilosophicalworksfromGerman.Thisbroughtherintopersonalrelationwithsomewell-knownwriters.OneofthemwasGeorgeHenryLewes,whoencouragedhertowritenovels.Shebecameanovelistwhenshewasnearlyfortyyearsold.S
5、heproducedthreeremarkablenovelswhichmadeherfamousintheliterarycircles.TheMillontheFlossisastoryaboutthetragedyofMaggie,wholivedintheVictoriantimewhenpatriarchalideologydominatedtheera.Eversincethehumansocietymarchedintopatriarchyandwomanretreatedfromthesocializedproduct
6、ion,anaturalresultofthecircumstanceswasthedeclineofthewoman’ssocialposition.Thesephenomena,alongwiththeadvocacyofChristiantheologyandpatriarchalphilosophyreinforcedthewoman’sinferioritytoman.Ofcourse,insuchsociety,theheroineintheMillontheFloss—Maggiewasnotanexception.As
7、isknown,Maggieisearnestaboutbooksandhasastrongthirstforknowledgewhenshewasachild.Butbecauseofthepatriarchalbiastowardswomen,Maggieispreventedfromreceivinghighereducationbysocialexpectation.Shehasanardentnature,butshecannotfindadefenseagainstpassionateaffection,whichresu
8、ltsinherelopementwithStephen.Sherefusestogoforwardtomarriage,becauseofheruneasyconscience,butsheisrenouncedbyh
