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- Title
The Mill on the Floss's Tom Tulliver and the Victorian Bluebeard Type.
- Authors
KIESEL, CORRIE
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the "The Mill on the Floss" book by George Eliot. It outlines characters in the book and explores characterization of Maggie Tulliver's brother Tom as a Bluebeard type men or aggressive men a character that was depicted in several literatures during the Victorian period. It discusses rejection of marriage by Maggie in order to avoid Bluebeard like men as a husband.
- Subjects
MILL on the Floss, The (Book : Eliot); ELIOT, George, 1819-1880; SIBLINGS; FICTION; BLUEBEARD (Legendary character); MARRIAGE
- Publication
Victorian Review, 2014, Vol 40, Issue 1, p117
- ISSN
0848-1512
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/vcr.2014.0007