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One lesson in Silas Marner is that people are often accused unfairly simply because they are different. For example, Silas Marner has a "cataleptic fit" during church, and his friend William says,...
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The name of the pub in Raveloe is The Rainbow. In the story, it is said that Squire Cass frequents The Rainbow because he has no wife at home. The Rainbow is the place citizens of Raveloe go to...
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Godfrey's state of mind is openly described by showing all of Godfrey's fears, tribulations, and past history. Nancy, on the other hand, has a frigid personality that makes her almost impossible to...
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Before the Industrial Revolution, being a weaver was a solitary and isolated occupation. Furthermore, without human contact, people often develop odd ways to compensate for their loss of...
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When making text-to-self and text-to-world connections, it is almost inevitable to experience the life of the main character vicariously, and connect our lives to the myriad of life lessons that...
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The answer to your question lies in Chapter 9. Godfrey's attitude about his father's methods of raising children can hardly be called complimentary. Basically, Godfrey doesn't think his father has...
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In chapter 11, the party serves as the setting of one of the most poignant encounters between Nancy Lammeter and Godfrey Cass. Keep in mind that the Lammeter and the Cass clans are two of the most...
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Overall, the character of Silas demonstrates, through his vicissitudes, a series of moral philosophies. First, life is never certain. No matter how well we do unto others, or how righteous our...
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In the novel, Dunstan holds Godfrey's secret marriage to Molly Farren (an opium addict) over his head. As the only one with full knowledge of Godfrey's unsavory connection to Molly, Dunstan is able...
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Gold and money are the substitutes for love and companionship in the life of Silas Marner. Silas was once a relatively happy man. He was well-known in his town of Lantern Yard, had a strong...
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Dolly Winthrop coaches Silas Marner on how to care for Eppie, and she strongly urges him to be sure the baby is baptized and receives religious instruction. Gently, she makes suggestions and allows...
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Arguably, Silas loved many things throughout his years in Raveloe. It really depends on what he was focusing on at the moment. However, it is arguable that Eppie is the source of love in Silas's...
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Godfrey takes a clandestine interest in the upbringing of Eppie because she is his real daughter, born of Molly, a woman whom he married secretly. Godfrey provides for Eppie by sending things and...
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George Eliot, the nom de plume of Mary Ann Evans, has, indeed, created an interesting novel in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. For it touches the hearts of her readers and piques their...
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Silas Marner
Silas Marner, by George Eliot, tells the story of its titular character: a weaver who lives in the slum of Lantern Yard. Silas is wrongly accused of stealing from the Calvinist congregation he...
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Silas Marner
Squire Cass has four sons. Although the sons are mentioned here and there in the text as "the second son" and "the third son" and so on, if you turn to Chapter 9 in your book, you'll see where the...
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Squire Cass is the wealthiest man in Raveloe. He is complacent, indolent, slovenly, neglectful of his sons, and short-tempered. The father of Godfrey and Dunstan, he is inconsistent in his...
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The first descriptor that fits Silas's character is "dynamic." This type of character is one which changes throughout the novel, as circumstances change around him. The fact that he actually...
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When Silas Marner first sees the empty hole where his gold has been, his "heart leap[s] violently," as he cannot believe the gold is gone. He tries to control his terror. But, when he despairs of...
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Silas is looked upon by the people of Raveloe as quite a strange character. Most of this general opinion is caused by Silas himself, however, as he had interesting and salient traits, both physical...
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Chapter 2 gives us a good glimpse of Silas's life in Raveloe, where he lives basically in exile after he had to leave his beloved town of Lantern Yard. His friend, William Dane, proved to be no...
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In chapter XI the New Year's Eve festivities allow Godfrey an opportunity to dance and talk with Nancy in the hope of gaining her favor. It is the holiday season, and as is the custom, there is the...
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The epigraph at the beginning of Silas Marner, written by Wordsworth, reads as follows: A child, more than all other gifts That earth can offer to declining man, Brings hope with it, and...
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The description of Mrs. Winthrop shows that the role of her character is that of being "supple." She provides Silas with everything that he lacks, from a listening ear to nourishment to advice. She...
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The phrase "God will clear me" refers to the utterance that Silas Marner continuously repeated when he was accused of stealing and of having a knife The knife had been found in the bureau by the...
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The gender of the author has no obvious effect on the plot of a story. George Eliot spent much of her career fighting against precisely that sort of stereotyping. In fact, one might argue that both...
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If you are referring to Silas in "Silas Marner", our protagonist reacts to the boys disturbing him by glaring at them in a threatening manner. In Chapter One, Silas Marner is a linen-weaver who...
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The "alien-looking men" mentioned in the first chapter of Silas Marner are the weavers, one of whom is Silas Marner. The opening paragraph of George Eliot's novel describes the era of the setting,...
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The first reaction is shock. From the very start of the novel, we are told that Silas never ventured into the Rainbow despite it being the town's public house. ..he never strolled into the...
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To fully understand the choice of language used to express Silas's despair over the stolen gold, let's go back and explore the language used to explain his love for it. Because of the sad incident...
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The quote that is mentioned in this question continues on, saying that his metamorphosis is often typical of someone who has [has] fled or been condemned to solitude. This is very true of Silas...
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The answer to your question can be found in chapter III, where the narrator tells us who is the most powerful man in Raveloe, and gives us information about his family and how he is perceived in...
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Bob Cass is the last of Squire Cass's sons in Silas Marner. You may also already know, by know, that the other two children, Dunstan and Godfrey, are good for nothing. Therefore, Bob, who hardly...
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Raveloe is described directly and indirectly in chapter 1. It is first depicted as a place "where many of the old echoes lingered, undrowned by new voices" This is an indication that the town has...
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In chapter 1 of George Eliot's Silas Marner, we learn how the sad weaver of Raveloe came to be. Some salient facts are the following: Silas lived a full, healthy life in the nearby town of Lantern...
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When Eppie comes into his life, Silas Marner is saved from total despair and given purpose to his life. Before the pretty little Eppie crawled into his dismal cottage, Silas Marner was a man who...
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In a dynamic move that surprises everyone at Raveloe, Silas Marner gives more importance to the discovery of Eppie than to the loss of the money. To Silas, the gold went " to I don't know where",...
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The answer is quite simple. After all the years Silas Marner spends in forced isolation, obsessively gathering gold, and focusing on nothing but himself, he has a life changing event. Dunsey Cass,...
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From the start of the novel, when we are described the character of Silas Marner, we realize that he is a man who is inherently "sane and honest", loyal, "fervent", and very true to his church....
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Interesting is not an unconditioned and objective judgment. A work of fiction may be interesting to some people and not interesting to other people. Thus if you want to write about what makes Silas...
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The accumulation of gold has been a selfish and loveless claim, but the love of Eppie is a selfless and heart-warming claim. The selfish and loveless claim After losing his beloved and a man he...
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The novel is long enough, and with characters dynamic enough, to see why it would have more than just one theme. However, a universal theme in the novel is Wants versus Needs. If you think about...
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While Silas Marner lives in Lantern Yard, he is a member of a Dissenting chapel, a sect that is not affiliated with the Church of England. His life in such a sect is originally satisfying as he...
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Squire Cass acts as a foil to Silas Marner in the novel. While Silas is an outcast who is gradually rebuilding his life after being falsely accused of theft, Squire Cass is a member of the gentry,...
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The two thefts in Silas Marner hold a lot of significance to the novel. Each of the thefts helped propel Silas's life, transform it, and then re-mold it for good. It is as if each theft is actually...
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Money was indeed a substitute for many things in Silas Marner's life of the eponymous novel Silas Marner. Now, this statement is much more powerful than it looks. When Silas lived in his hometown...
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Silas Marner
In Silas Marner by George Eliot, the eponymous protagonist, Silas, is portrayed as changing dramatically due to the events that transpired at Lantern Yard. Marner in his earlier life in Lantern...
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The answer to this question is very well described in chapter 5. The easy answer is that Silas was out getting thread and materials for his work. The reason why he did not lock the door is because...