![]() Lucy is described as if she’s a little doll, with a "little round neck with her row of coral beads, her straight nose her little clear eyebrows to match her hazel eyes" (1.7.38). First off, it’s significant that Maggie as a child imagines herself as Lucy sometimes. We don’t mean this in the sense of something like a Star Trek episode (though that would be pretty funky) what we do mean is that Lucy is a lot of things Maggie might have ended up as, had circumstances been different. In fact, Lucy often seems to represent a sort of alternate universe to Maggie as an adult. Both are extremely compassionate individuals and both make an effort to think the best of those around them. ![]() Despite some obvious contrasts between them (their looks, their financial statuses), Lucy and Maggie have some significant things in common. Lucy actually forgives Maggie after Maggie basically runs off with Lucy’s boyfriend/almost-fiancé. She genuinely cares about other people and she has an amazing capacity to forgive others. Little cartoon birds probably help her get dressed in the morning. ![]() ![]() She’s beautiful, and very kind, and very friendly. ![]() And, to top it all off, Lucy would actually be a really nice and likable popular girl. If The Mill on the Floss were a high school, then Lucy Deane would be the head cheerleader/class president/prom queen. ![]()
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