What is the significance of the title of the novel 'The Mill on the Floss'?

Answer 1

The title 'The Mill on the Floss' identifies the one building, The Mill, on the River Floss, that causes so much upheaval in lives of the main characters, a brother and sister.

Various family problems lead to the loss of the mill, but the old mill, and the river, feature at significant times in the narrative.

Anyone who has read the novel will immediately recall, from the title alone, the setting and story which is about how our lives are affected by our environment and external factors over which we often have no control, but that the human will can overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges.

Answer 2

The title "The Mill on the Floss" refers to the family mill located on the river Floss in the story. The mill symbolizes the ties to the past, family dynamics, and the changing landscape of society, reflecting the themes of tradition, progress, and the complexities of human relationships explored in the novel.

Answer 3

George Eliot wrote The Mill on the Floss.

Answer 4

Geroge Eliot was tho author the mill on the floss.