

George Eliot must certainly have been influenced by the motto of Carlyle work is worship. The impact of this maxim of Carlyle was unbelievably pervasive. Through your absolute belief in work you can make God happy.

To correct his age Carlyle introduced, the most repeated and very much hallowed maximum work is worship. During Victorian times the workers were becoming increasingly mechanical. Victorian people were neglectful of the fact that the worker should derive pride and joy from the work they do. They hardly believed in the dignity of work. People were distractingly crazy for comfort and happiness. Carlyle was extremely critical of the growing Victorian attachment with materialism. Victorian age was the age of Thomas Carlyle. Most of those who attempted Dinah Morris's preaching were hypocritical, under the mask of religious devotion of those Sermon listeners ran the sexual intention and corrupt selfish psyche. They actually went to listen to her because they were actually tempted to see her beautiful face. Many people used to listen to her preaching. Dinah Morris was beautiful in appearance. When Dinah Morris becomes a preacher, many people indirectly criticized her. In this novel George Eliot represented a character Dinah Morris. Women were also expected to work in confined circles live household work. If any women tried to move in the world of freedom and employment, she was mocked and ridiculed. Victorian society was afflicted with blazes and prejudices. Let's examine the narrative where the fundamental tenant of social realism lies. At the core of Adam Bede lies the basic tenant of social realism. In the same vein, George Eliot's Adam Bede aims at representing social realism. Poetry, novel, drama and all pieces of Victorian writings are engaged in the representation of realism of either kind. The entire gamut of Victorian literature is inseparably linked with realism. The very rigid Victorian society has been reflected in the novel. So does this novel too.Īt the central position of Eliot's Adam Bede there lies the basic tenant of social realism. Almost every literary genre of Victorian literature is engaged to reflect the realism of the contemporary society.
