Silas Marner | Style
Imagery
In becoming a solitary miser, Silas Marner has become almost less than human, a point which is brought out by the imagery that is associated with him. He is described as like a spider, weaving its web; his life is reduced to the “unquestioning activity of a spinning insect.” After he has lost his money, the image changes to that of an ant. His mind is baffled like a “plodding ant” that on its way home finds that the earth has been moved.
The imagery changes when Marner is on the way to redemption. When he sits with Eppie on a bank of flowers listening...
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