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A 5 page paper that, first of all, offers a 4 page essay that contrasts and compares use of narrative perspective in Eliot's The Mill on the Floss and Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Then, there is a 1 page paper that details Eliot's use of language as compared to a sample of Dickens' use of language from Tale of Two Cities. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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impact on the novels narrative structure. This principle is illustrated by two Victorian novels, The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (pseudonym for Mary Ann Evans) and Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte. Examination of both of these works shows the direct relationship between narrative perspective and the structure of each text. In Eliots novel, the author uses the
voice of an omniscient narrator, as well as free indirect discourse. This allows Eliot to relate concisely and precisely the inner motivations and thoughts of all characters. The reader does
not have to speculate as to why Tom or Maggie behaves in a specific way because the omniscient viewpoint relates all such details. For example, Eliot writes that the "need
for being loved" was "the strongest need in poor Maggies nature" (89). As this indicates, the omniscient viewpoint explicitly states relevant points about characterization. Throughout the early chapter of the
novel, Eliot makes a point of showing that Maggie longs for approval from both her father and her brother Tom. After her fathers financial downfall, Eliot indicates that Maggie
makes it a habit to rest her head on her fathers knee at night, and that she longed for some sign that "he was soothed by the sense that he
had a daughter who loved him"; however, Maggie received no such indications either from her father" or from Tom--the two idols of her life" (Eliot 371). At the same time,
the omniscient perspective allows the reader to ascertain the thoughts and feelings of other characters. This is a particularly crucial element at the end of the novel when Maggies rescue
of Tom during the flood heals the breach between brother and sister. Eliot tells the reader how Tom is moved by Maggies sacrifice, particularly since he rejected her in her
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