Middlemarch | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Middlemarch - This is the setting of the story.

Tipton Grange - This is the estate where Celia and Dorothea are raised by their uncle.

Freshitt - This estate is owned by Sir James Chettam.

Lowick - This estate is larger than the others in town, with its own rectory.

Paris - Lydgate led a supposedly extravagant lifestyle here.

Last Will and Testament - This document deprived Fred Vincy of his dream of one day owning an estate.

Horse - It is a symbol of status in town to own one of these....
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