THE STRUGGLE OF THE OTHER: MAGGIE TULLIVER IN GEORGE ELIOT'S THE MILL ON THE FLOSS

Abstract

patriarchal sociefu belieuesinbinary oppositionof menas"subject" andu)omen
es "Other" whose eistence is determined by men. Gender or the dffirentiation
of roles betueen men and u)omen is a social construct that both men and u)omen
must conform to in order to be socially accepted. Maggie Tulliuer in George
Elliot's nouel MiIl onthe Floss isposfhone d as "the other" especially inher relation
uith her brother Tom. All through her life, Maggie struggles against social rules
that regard her as "the other" because she rs a woman and euen "doubly other"
for she is dffirentlrom otherfemale characeters in general Maggie's struggle
in a male dominated uorld ends uhen she fi'nally dies at Aoung age.