Mıddlemarch - Level 3 (Audıo Cd'li) MIDDLEMARCH The women are oppressed by the social expectations that prevail in Middlemarch. ; They are expected to cater to and remain dependent on their husbands. ; But Dorothea is subjected to some social ideals of what women should be. ; This is a tale of idealism, disillusion, loyalty and frustrated love. ; Dorothea and Dr. ; Lydgate illuminate the condition of English life in the mid-nineteenth century.;