PhilipWakem

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Philip Wakem is a sensitive, intelligent, and physically disabled young man in George Eliot’s novel "The Mill on the Floss," whose unrequited love for Maggie Tulliver highlights the novel’s themes of loyalty, prejudice, and emotional conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Mill on the Floss
appearsInGenre Victorian novel
associatedWithFamily Tulliver family
Wakem family
associatedWithLocation St. Ogg’s
linked to: St. Ogg's
characterTrait intelligent
introverted
loyal
self-doubting
sensitive
closeTo Maggie Tulliver
conflictWith Tulliver family
creator George Eliot
emotionallyAttachedTo Maggie Tulliver
experiences familial conflict
rejection
social prejudice
familyName Wakem
father Lawyer Wakem
firstPublicationContext The Mill on the Floss (1860)
gender male
hasEducation well educated
hasInnerConflict duty to father versus love for Maggie Tulliver
hasPhysicalDisability spinal deformity
hasUnrequitedLoveFor Maggie Tulliver
inLoveWith Maggie Tulliver
isPhysicallyDescribedAs deformed in the spine
delicate
pale
meetsAt St. Ogg’s
linked to: St. Ogg's
narrativeFunction to contrast intellect and sensitivity with practicality
to highlight social and familial prejudice
narrativeRole Maggie Tulliver’s suitor
linked to: Maggie Tulliver

tragic lover
nationality English
occupation artist
parent Lawyer Wakem
personalityContrastWith Tom Tulliver
representsTheme emotional conflict
loyalty
prejudice
social division
unrequited love
residesIn St. Ogg’s
linked to: St. Ogg's
talent drawing
painting

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