In 'Middlemarch', Dorothea Brooke’s first husband, Edward Casaubon, is obsessed with completing which doomed intellectual project?
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Correct answer: A comprehensive Key to all Mythologies
Casaubon's 'Key to all Mythologies' represents a futile, outdated scholarly endeavor that fails to account for modern German Higher Criticism. His failure serves as a foil to Dorothea's youthful idealism and desire for meaningful work.
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