The traffic in men: female kinship in three novels by George Eliot.

From: Style | Date: March 22, 1998| Author: Vigderman, Patricia | Copyright information

The novels Adam Bede, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda written by George Eliot portray women as objects of exchange between men and their socialization can be described by Oedipus theory which forbids them to form relationships with each other. However, Eliot also resorts to other means which goes against the stereotypical portrayal of women is presenting his female characters. In the marriages that conclude the three novels, the brides are all paying off debts to men. The female characters pla...

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