On the Chapter Titled "Maggie Tries to Run Away from Her Shadow" in The Mill on the Floss
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In The Mill on the Floss, Chapter XI of Book First has an interesting title: "Maggie Tries to Run Away from Her Shadow." Maggie Tulliver aged 9, a heroine of this novel, tries to escape from her home to the gypsydom fancying herself to be a queen of the gypsies. What makes her try such a bold and unrealistic attempt? And what does "Her Shadow" in this title mean? Maggie's black hair seems to give an important clue to these questions.<BR>Her black hair symbolizes her rebellious, uncontrollable character while blonde hair like Lucy's suggests obedient character. In fact, Maggie's cousin, Lucy is liked much better than Maggie by their aunts, the Dodsons owing to her neatness and obedience. She is, as it were, a queen of the Dodsons. Unconsciously Maggie envies Lucy and wishes to be a queen just like Lucy.<BR>It is when Maggie knows that even her dearest brother Tom prefers Lucy to her that she decides to run away to the gypsydom. She has thought that the gypsies belong to the same typology as she and will welcome her as their queen. However, the reality of the gpsydom is very severe, far from her being their queen.<BR>After she returns home, she does not indulge in childish fancies any more because she has learned the lesson to live a real life.<BR>These analyses lead us to the conclusion that her escape to the gypsydom is a kind of initiation to port from her childhood. And when we define "shadow" as antithetic another self, it may safely be said that "Maggie's shadow" is Lucy.
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