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Definition of Mood
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. Every aspect of a piece of writing... read full definition
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. Every aspect... read full definition
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes... read full definition
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Explanation and Analysis:
The overall mood of Middlemarch is a somber one—characters like Dorothea and Lydgate have high hopes for their lives and repeatedly struggle to realize them. Dorothea ends up disappointed in her first marriage to Casaubon, and then, to a lesser extent, in her second marriage to Will (in that she has to let go of her ambitions in order to become a mother). Lydgate, for his part, struggles with falling into debt and then, after ending up implicated in a scandal, must leave the town of Middlemarch and give up his innovative work at the New Hospital.
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