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To this end, Eliot constructs an \"\"entailed Nemesis\"\" in order to reveal the destructive potential of rebellion in The Mill on the Floss, to emphasize that widespread reforms are part of a slow, organic historical process in Romola, and to revile mob violence in Felix Holt, where Eliot endorses the reform of ideas rather than social structures.\"","The final novels provide an even darker view of social improvement. In Middlemarch, the tragic sufferer must adapt his/her aspirations to the limiting conditions of social life since the tragic posture of rebellion is impossible within the world of the novel. I discuss Daniel Deronda as a departure from Eliot's early conceptions of realism, tragedy, and reform and conclude by analyzing Deronda's utopic mission as Eliot's final withdrawal from the issue of social reform in England.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:06:51Z (GMT). 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