Their two separate convictions and passions which gear their lives towards their respective journeys show a vast difference in character type found within this novel-Dorothea sets herself apart from those that are money-hungry. While Dorothea abides by her own ideas and wants to focus more on doing good in concern for others, Celia simply wants to find a wealthy husband. Brooke and are considered to be of upper class standing. To begin, the female protagonist, Dorothea Brooke, and her sister Celia reside with their uncle Mr. This ladder plays into the value different people and opportunities hold, which furthers the plot and development of the story. In this book and in many novels of the time, society is built upon the prop of a hierarchical ladder in which money could buy you steps up the ladder. It is through personal ideals and beliefs regarding money and the way money interconnects relationships that help build character development and set characters onto their prospective journeys. Money appears in Middlemarch in several controversial and complicated situations which include greed, debt, wills, inheritances, stealing and characters on the opposite end who reject money as a paramount necessity. George Eliot, a 19th century Victorian novelist, did not end her stories at marriage like other novelists of the time, but added development and depth between individuals and their relationships through the use of thematic symbols such as money.
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