In middlemarch dorothea was attracted to edward casaubon because?

Edward Casaubon, fictional character, one of the main figures in George Eliot’s masterpiece Middlemarch (1871–72). Casaubon is a pompous and ineffectual middle-aged scholar who marries the heroine, Dorothea Brooke, because he needs an assistant for his work. His “masterwork,” Key to All Mythologies, is stalled and remains unfinished at his death. Eliot contrasts Casaubon with his young, idealistic cousin, Will Ladislaw, who is in love with Dorothea and whom she eventually marries after Casaubon’s death.

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mount st. helens in washington erupts, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people on this day in 1980. ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as minnesota. seismic activity at mount st. helens, which is 96 miles south of seattle, began on march 16.