1. Once Fred discovers that he cannot pay back all of the money he borrowed from Caleb Garth, Caleb notes that he will pay the difference by taking funds from Mary's (his daughter) savings. This is not the first time in the novel where a female character must come to the aid of a male character. What you think this says about the relationships of men and women in both Middlemarch and Victorian society as a whole?
2. Rosamond frequently imagines a rich, vibrant future in which she and Lydgate are married. Do you think that Rosamond is fancying a life based on ideals or do you think Lydgate truly lives up to the "noble" character Rosamond portrays him to be?
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