Free Will and Determinism in Eliot’s Middlemarch
Words: 779 Pages: 3 5829Free will and determinism are two concepts that seem to stand at opposite ends of a philosophical spectrum, yet they are intricately connected in ways that can profoundly shape human lives and narratives. In George Eliot's "Middlemarch," this complex relationship is vividly illustrated through the lives of Dorothea Brooke and Edward Casaubon. Dorothea, an ambitious young woman, starts her journey as an orphan living with her uncle, Mr. Brooke. Despite the societal expectations of her time, which dictate that she […]