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Tertius Lydgate and Dorothea Brooke in Middlemarch by George Eliot

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the novel. George Eliots Middlemarch is a prime example of this technique. In fact, the character of Lyndgate would remain odious and as cold as marble if it were not  for the observations the reader is shown in his interaction with Dorothea. The ennobling of Lyndgate and the purgation of his spots of commonness is very much affected by his  contact with Dorothea. During the time in which this book was written, Marion Evans (aka George Eliot) would have been exposed to the new ideas which were taking place  at the turn of the century. Living during the Victorian Era, the medical advances and the industrialization which was taking place found their way into Middlemarch. Therefore, Lyndgate is a  doctor, but not just any doctor. He is a new kind of doctor. When he first blows into town he has visions of grandeur which include building a new hospital  to service the poor of the city. Most of the professionals view him with much suspicion. Until this time in history, it must be stated, that most doctors were self  taught and did not attend universities. Lyndgate, it would seem, was the symbol of the new emerging physician, capable of performing most of the general practiioners duties as well as  perform surgeries. However, as philanthropic as Lyndgate sounds, his true colors would seem to be shown in his marriage to Rosamond.  She is from a very wealthy family and insists that Lyndgate keep her in a manner to which she has become accustomed. The reader has a very hard time feeling  any sympathy for Lyndgate, however, because of various statements that he makes. In fact, in a purely insulting way he compares women to geese: "the innate submissiveness of the goose