The Mill on the Floss The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
group rates for schools and districts  Water, the River, and
Floods  Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory  Given the ending of this
novel, it’s not really surprising that water and floods are an
important symbol. In fact, water and flood imagery is found
throughout the novel, and the river itself is practically a
character. We often hear about water in direct relation to the
Tulliver kids, which is sort of morbidly appropriate given the
way they die. Mrs. Tulliver is always complaining that Maggie is
going to fall in the river and drown one day.  But water isn’t
just a bringer of death and doom and destruction and other "d"
words. The river is often a place of romance, dreams, and even
magic, particularly for Maggie and Stephen:  They glided rapidly
along, to Stephen’s rowing, helped by the backward-flowing tide
[...] on between the silent, sunny fields and pastures [...]
thought did not belong to that enchanted haze in which they were
enveloped - it belonge