How are we to understand/make of Fred’s conflicting attitudes in chapter XIV?
Like many in Middlemarch who are obsessed with money, Fred Vincy is deeply enchanted by the prospect of inhering his uncle Mr Featherstone’s asset and grow rich. However, when Featherstone is fetching some bills for him a gift Fred displays an intriguing air of a combination of dignity, and moral superiority:
Does Dorothea have the wrong notion of marriage/love?
In chapter I we read that Dorothea has this naive idea (I think) thta the ideal husband should be a fatherly figure who can teach you things and tells you how lead your life. Can she find true happiness in this sort of marriage, without considering the mutural romantic feeling and the union of minds between a couple?
Sorry for the delay, I posted it on the wrong place (twice!)
Does Dorothea have the wrong notion of marriage/love?
In chapter I we read that Dorothea seems to have a naive notion of marriage, that an ideal husband should be a fartherly figure who can teach you things and give guidance instructing how to lead your life. Can she find true happiness in this 'version' of marriage, without consideration for the mutual romantic feelings and the union of minds between two lovers?
Sorry for the delay, I posted it on the wrong place.
