Reflections of Gender Morality on the Character Maggie in The Mill on the Floss

摘要

As an excellent novelist of Victorian Age, George Eliot is famous for her brilliance and anti traditional thoughts. Eliot's views on morality and rich life experiences are also drawing people's attention. The Mill on the Floss is Eliot's early works,which describes the heroine Maggie's short life experiences. She's brave enough to struggle for the outer strength. And from Maggie's behaviors, we can realize the standard of Eliot's views on morality. George Eliot is a faithful believer in the importance of morality in society. She acted by high moral standards in her own life and developed her moral ideas in her books.Eliot's moral ideas will be of great help in studying Eliot's works.