Silas Marner: What do you think George Eliot wanted to illustrate through the pattern of Silas' moral journey in Silas Marner'? At the start of the novel, Silas Marner is a valuable member of the community in a village called Lantern Yard. ... Silas Marner is framed by his best friend William Dane and consequently falsely accused of the theft of Church money. ... Elliot maintains the reader's interest in the novel by involving them emotionally with the main character Silas Marner. . ... This new communication is demonstrated by the good wholesome women could hardly fail ...

• Word Count: 2184
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

George Eliot wrote Silas Marner in 1861. ... In Silas Marner we can see that Eliot uses these ideas in her presentation of the children in the story and most particularly in her presentation of Eppie. Eppie is the first child we see in Silas Marner. ... She dies in the snow outside Silas Marner's house. ... At the beginning of the novel the children are scared of "Old Master Marner." ...

• Word Count: 1413
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School