Silas Marner is a novel about a character, which is portrayed in an ascending positivism throughout the whole book and scenery. ... But Dunstan's shortcoming of accidentally killing the horse has affected their relationship indirectly, thus making him rob Silas and never come back to his homeland because of his unscrupulous character. ... Silas Marner, as a depressed individual, has set himself apart from the society as if to prevent himself from further misfortunes. ... Silas Marner needed more than a person to become stable, therefore he gained the communty's help to identify hi...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ... Throughout chapter one the language used by Elliot such as although chary for his time' portrays Silas as a good character and a nice person. ... Elliot maintains the reader's interest in the novel by involving them emotionally with the main character Silas Marner. . ... Silas has becomes a character that they like and care ab...

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• Grade Level: High School

Is "Silas Marner" a fairy tale? ... "Silas Marner" opens with an overview of the society where Eliot's story took place. ... That is why the body of "Silas Marner" is a realistic fiction. ... "Silas Marner" goes in the same way. ... To add to that, "Silas Marner" is like a fairy tale as most fairy tales have some moral in them. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Silas Marner In George Elliot's novel, Silas Marner, the author illustrates three different types of women through her characters. ... In this novel the character of Nancy depicts the dependent and dutiful wife. ... Dolly Winthrop is not only a mother figure in her own family but throughout the town; after Silas found Molly Dr. ... Dolly was among the hoards of mothers trying to advise Silas on the raising of Eppie and hers was the only help he accepted "for they were rendered without any show of bustling instruction"(125) Dolly's role i...

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George Eliot displayed the important of religion in "Silas Marner." ... Silas Marner's experiences with the destruction of his religious beliefs in Lantern Yard and Ravenloe along with the regaining of faith with the help of Eppie reveals the author's intent and underlying theme of religion throughout the novel. ... The enlightenment that Silas needed came in the form of a child. ... Silas even reveals his character by having Eppie being christened and declaring that he will abide by the Ravenloe church for the young girl's welfare. ... Silas Marner, a man devoted to God, w...

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One of the best of the English writers was George Eliot, who wrote many great novels including the featured book Silas Marner. ... Silas Marner seems to show a hint of autobiography, because in the book Silas leaves his faith due to tragic events in his life. ... I believe this is where she creates her concept of men, which she displayed in Silas Marner and Romola. ... In Silas Marner, Irony set a foundation for George Eliot to build her themes on. ... Silas Marner is a great novel, but it is only one of many that George Eliot wrote. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In matters of character Victorians prized respectability, earnestness, a sense of duty and public service; most would have regarded an industrious, pious conventionality as the best road not only to material recompense but to heavenly rewards as well. ...

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