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24/Chapter1.Blondesvs.brunetes
ofGeorgeEliot,theauthor’spsychologicalinsightendowsher
characterswithHthequalityofhumanfullnesswhichdisguises
theformalaspectsofhercreativeprocess”(Hardy1959,1994:11).
ThepsychologicalcomplexityofEliot’scharactersmakesreaders
–andsometimesevencritics–forgetthatthecharactersarenot
psychologicallyfaithfuldescriptionsofactualpeople,butrather
fictionalconstructscreatedbythewriter.Inmyanalysisofthe
characterizationofMaggie,Idiscusstheparallelsandcontrasts
betweenherandpopulartypesofVictorianheroines.
Andfinally,inthethirdsectionofthechapter,Ianalyse
thetreatmentofpopularliteraturestereotypesinnarration
andcharacterization.Thenovel’somniscientnarrator,whois
introducedinthefirstchapter,oftendemonstratesanawareness
ofthepopularliteraturecontextforthestory.Thenarration
inTheMillontheFlossisquiteexperimental.Thenovelopens
withadescriptionofDorlcoteMillinfirst-personnarration.The
unnamednarratordaydreamsaboutavisittothemill(HImust
standaminuteortwoonthebridge”(5))andfinallywakesup
fromthereverie(HMyarmsarereallybenumbed.Ihavebeen
pressingmyelbowsonthearmsofmychairanddreaming
thatIwasstandingonthebridge”(5)).Inatantalizingshiftof
perspective,theunnameddreamerofChapter1becomesthe
omniscientnarratorofthenovel(HIwasgoingtotellyouwhat
MrandMrsTulliverweretalkingaboutastheysatbythebright
fireintheleft-handparlouronthatveryafternoonIhavebeen
dreamingof”(6)).EventhoughtheHI,”presentinChapter1,is
neverexplicitlyreintroduced,adegreeofthenarrator’ssenseof
detachmentcanbesensedintheironicportrayalofthecharacters
andespeciallyintheHalternativeending”sequenceinBook7,
whichisoneofthefocalpointsofmyanalysis.
