1. Why has Dorothea stood up for every man in this novel, but never for herself? I remember a girl who wanted to build cottages and learn Latin.
2. I find it odd that Lydgate didn't further investigate Raffles' sudden, seemingly unpremeditated death. I realize he was just excited to have his debt paid off, but if he is the medical man he says he is, why wasn't he so concerned that his modern medicine failed? Do you think he subconsciously knew he was being paid off?
Love love love that first question, Katy! I think you'll find that that girl never really re-emerges--and that Eliot is far from okay with that.
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