Quote 1: "lt came to pass that those scattered linen-weavers- emigrants from the town into the country-

were to the last regarded as aliens by their rustic neighbors and usually contracted the eccentric habits
which belong to a state of loneliness” chapter 1, pg-10

- It’s about n Silas Marner"

- it describes Silas as → lonely, strange, isolated, alien, loves to stay alone from people like a spider.
Because he is a weaver, he has some certain aspects of weavers such as being lonely aware from the
people weaving as a spider, and a very isolated character.

Quote 2:" His fainting fits were seen as messages from the Holy One: once he had fallen into an
unconscious trance of some sort, which made it clear That he was an “brother” selected fora peculiar
discipline" chapter 1, pg15

-“It is about Silas Marner"

-that he has fainting fits. He was regarded as. a Holy person. He had strokes and faints. a man of god a
holy man. who falls unconscious now and again.

Quote 3:when the church drawing lots declared Silas Marner guilty, Silas told the church that William
had set him up and declared that “there is no God that governs the earth righteously, but a God of lies,
that bears witness against the innocent" chapter1, pg-20

-it is about in Silas Marner".

-it’s about his feelings when he's betrayed by some of the dearest people. when the money was stolen
Silas is accused of the robbery. He trusts no religion anymore. And he’s betrayed even by the church.
Even by the Holy and religious people around him. He is upset and quite disappointed.

Quote 4: To Silas, "the power in which he had vainly trusted among the streets and in the prayer.
meetings, was very far away from this land in which he had taken refuge, where men lived in careless
abundance, knowing, and needing nothing of that trust which, for him, had been turned into bitterness"
chapter 1, pg-23

-it is about Silas relationship to the land where he lived. People think that they religious are religious but
when it comes to real life it's only. On the surface. And here this quotation shed light on the ideas and
the themes of George Eliot . who believed not in traditional religion but religion Of love, religion of
good-will? It is about the religious views of George Eliot as expressed by Silas Marner himself where he
believes not in the religion of prayers or the church or the traditional religion But in the religion of good-
well and good-needs as well as the religion of love .

Quote 5: Polly advises that “it’s never too late to turn over a new leaf, and If you’ve never had no
church, there's no telling the good it’ll do you" chapher10,pg 162

- Here is Dolly one of the important and kind ladies that made Silas especially after he has received the
little child "Eppie" and began to tell him no should come back to religion those people in that far of
country who accused yon of rubbery do not represent religion. we still have some hind people around.
And please come back to the church. Never lose confidence in the church and religion. she used these
words to calm him down. To get him back to the church.

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Quote 6: Silas is relieved. when Dolly leaves: "her simple view of life and its comforts, by which she had
tried to cheer him was only like a report of unknown objects, which his imagination could not fashion"
chapter 10, pg-105

- when she left him and he didn’t go to the church, he felt relieved, he felt comfort, he felt peace of
mind cause her words had comforted him And he begun ko cheer up This lady that is Dolly played a very
important part in getting him back to health. Back to peace of mind And that’s why after a while he will
lived a little girl then woman Eppi'e He will let her marry Dally's Son.

Quote 7: Silas feels that the child is a "message come to him from that far off life” chapter 12,pg-136

- A child came to him as a symbol, As a hope. As a new page to be turned. "Eppie" at night. at midnight.
By chance By luck. Her mother died and that's why he found her With a golden hair which symbolizes
spiritual life not the real gold but golden. Not the not made of gold. But came to give him light and give
him hope that he will. Sooner or later find.

Quote 8:"I can't part with it, I can’t let it go …...it's come to me-I've a right to keep it", Silas says a
feelingly, chapter 13, pg-140

-He speaks about Eppie as a blessing it came to him from God, He can’t do without it He can’t leave it.
has come to him as a golden chance to restore his faith in religion and in people around him.

Quote 9: he knows that he should reveal that Molly was his wife and that he should claim the child and
raise it, but he does not have the "moral courage enough to contemplate that active renunciation of
Nancy as possible for him: he had only conscience and heart enough to make him forever uneasy under
the weakness that forbade the renunciation". chapter13, pg-142

-it’s about "Godfrey!"

-He hasn't got a moral courage to tell his new wife that he already got a child And that's why he is a
weak person.

Quote 10: Silas feels an emotion so different from any other emotion he has ever felt when he holds the
little girl; "thought and feeling were so confused. Within him that if he had tried to give them utterance,
he could have only said that the child was come instead of the gold- that the gold had turned into the
child". Chapter14, pg-150

It tells you about spiritual feelings. Real love not the love of money and gold or materialistic things But
the love of ideas he believes that this is a holy child. Holy girl that came to him to let him forget about
his gold And he feels that he's got a real blessing from God. The most emotional aspect to his life is
when he found love with this little girl. And begins to bring her up in the best way possible He felt she's a
blessing from God.

Quote 11:"The gold had kept his thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself;
but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes he that forced his thoughts onward, and
carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank limit - carried them away to
the new things that would Come with the coming years" chapter 14, pg-153.

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-speaking about Eppie as real gold. This is a gold in daughter. a gold in girl. That brought hope back to his
life That give him comfort. Real comfort. Moral comfort. Eppie when her father tried to take her away
from him after- while he would never give her away And she would never leave him. Because she
regarded him as her real father.

Symbols in Silas Marner

Lantern Yard → Symbolizes the change in Silas's life the way he was betrayed and loses his faith in God
and his home community.

Raveloe → strongly contrasted to Lantern Yard and it is regarded as a place of appearance simple life’s
of the people there. that’s where he discovers love. And he restored hope in humanity. it is a simple
village. the place where he lived after a while. And it refers to the poor people or the poor class.

Stone pits → appear a few times, They are used to hide the body of Dunstan and to hide the gold that
Dunstan stole. That’s where Eppie is found.

Gold (major) → Because gold as an object becomes the recipient of all the human love. Marner's
seclusion and exclusion from human love and affection is symbolized this symbol. The love of Eppie is
the real gold in his life.

The Hearth (major) → represents love. Represents life. And the union of Eppie with Silas Marner. where
Silas discovers Eppie. The Centre of the relationship between Eppie and Silas. A place of warmth and
familiarity.

Characters profile
1-Silas Marner: The modern job.

2-Godfrey Cass: The antihero.

3-Dunstan Cass: The "gentleman"

4-Molly Farren: A victim

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Silas Marner: The Modern job

Information

Age: 24-39- 55

occupation: Weaver

From: lantern Yard

Spouse: Ex-Fiancée Sarah.

children: Adopted: Eppie.

Appearance: Bent from work, Frightening eyes, Looks older than he is.

Godfrey Cass : The Antihero

Information

From: The Red House, Raveloe

Spouse Molly Farren (decreased), Nancy Lammeter

children: Eppie

Relatives: Squire Cass (father), Dunstan Cass (brother), Bob Cass (brother)

Horse: wildfire (decreased)

Dunstan Cass : The" Gentleman"

Information

From: The Red House, Raveloe

relatives: Squire Cass (father), Godfrey Cass (brother)

occupation: 2nd Son to Squire Cass

Place of Death: The Stone-pits

Molly Farren: A victim

Information

from: Raveloe

Spouse: Godfrey Cass

children: Eppie

died: Near Marner's cottage

cause of Death: Opium overdose

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Silas Marner character Analysis: The unchangeable

-Silas Marner is a dynamic character. and has. the most character growth and development out of all the
characters in the novel. He changes form a lonely and miserable outcast to a loving Father and a beloved
member of the community.

-However, if we want to understand the character better, we need to first understand what didn’t
change about him, what aspects of his personality remained constant throughout the novel .

-Firstly, Silas Is an honest and good-natured person, he is never malicious or selfish.

-secondly, he is by nature very passive, Mast of the major events that changed the course of his life
were the result of other people's actions. The only life-changing decision he made was to adopt Eppie.

-thirdly, Silas's life always has meaning. Silas throughout the story always had something to lean on and
work for. at first it was religion and the congregation, then it was work and gold and finally it was Eppie
who gave meaning and worth to his life.

Character Analysis: change

Silas goes through two different phases of change , to his environment, personality and social life.
However, these changes aren’t arbitrary, they developed from elements in Silas's past or present.

Phase1: Before Eppie. The first time Silas changes is after he is betrayed by his friend William, Fiancée
Sarah and by the church for drawing lots lo decide whether he is a thief or not. William’s betrayal costs
him his trust in men, and the drawing lots his faith in a good god. and. He then moves to Raveloe and
becomes antisocial.

Phase 2: After Eppie. After his gold is gone and Silas believes that god is cruel, Eppie appears in his life,
and the decision to keep her changes everything. He becomes friends. With Dolly, and the villagers
respect him and warm up to him; he has a beautiful bond. with his daughter, and here gains his faith not
only in men but also a higher power. Everything changed once more.

-One could say that Silas had regained everything he lost after the Lantern Yards incident, but after 31
years did nothing really change other than the people and the locations? At the end of story Silas
himself is a changed man, he is more mature and stronger, and his faith is restored but It is not based on
doctrine and orthodox religion. Even if he has doubts, he still believes; his faith is based on actions and
people rather than Scripture and ceremonies.

-Silas's journey is a personification and representation of the major themes in the novel: Community,
faith, morality.

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Godfrey Cass Character Analysis: Moral Cowardice

-Godfrey is the eldest son of squire Cass and heir to the Red House. Despite his strong presence and
charming persona, he is still characterized by irresolution and moral cowardice."

-He has a good heart but a weak mind. Godfrey is a good-natured person But Suffers often from
cowardice and is unable to think and act on anything beyond his own benefit and material comfort.

-He is often passive and does not wish to harm anyone and is hurt when he eventually does but he still
would not take responsibility or do Something about it fit clashes with his own desires.

-His weak will makes him target-of his brother’s blackmailing, who threatens to tell their father of
Godfrey’s secret marriage to an opium-addict woman of ill repute. Godfrey probably entered the
marriage because of guilt but could not confess to it out of fear, fear of losing his inheritance and the
woman he loves, Nancy. Godfrey improves after he marries Nancy, but he still keeps Eppie a secret for
16 years, even though he knows just how much his wife wishes for a child. His fear of ruining his happy
marriage triumphs his wile's desire, he is shill selfish. He confesses at the end but only because he is
shocked about the news of his brother’s death.

-Surprisingly, Godfrey does go through some change at the end of the novel, however, Small it may be
After Eppie rejects him, he realizes all be it too late, that he has no “right” to his daughter, because as
Silas points out that right comes duty, and if he did not fulfill his duty to her then he has no right to her.
And the only time he does something that is not selfish is when he decides to acknowledge her in his
will, as his daughter.

Dunstan Cass character Analysis

-Dunstan is a static and simple character. He is there to serve a one-dimensional. Purpose, however,
beneath his villainous behaviour there are some interesting psychological finds that add more depth to
an otherwise stereotypical character.

-Dunstan a selfish, narcissistic, arrogant, and vain man. He knows and acknowledges it as well.

-just like his brother he puts his needs above others, but by lacking some of his brother’s. more positive
attributes he appears much more villainous.

-Although he is narcissistic and vain, he is also self-conscious and insecure He cares about people's
opinion of him, and he knows that people see him as worthless and compare him to his brother.

-His purpose in the novel is to serve as a steppingstone and to help progress other peoples' stories and
plot lines, we never explore his life and history because. Simply speaking it doesn't contribute to the
plot.

- He is used as a tool to polish out his brother's personality, he is used to great conflict Silas's plot line by
stealing his gold and even in death he is used to encourage his brother into confessing to Nancy about
Eppie and all his secrets.

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Molly Farren character Analysis

Molly Farren had a tragic life with a tragic ending. She becomes victim to a secret and miserable
marriage, she becomes victim of drugs and alcohol, but most of all she becomes victim of her own
actions and circumstances.

-when Godfrey met molly, she was a beautiful young woman. However, her opium addiction and alcohol
wasted her away. Later on, Godfrey regrets his marriage and tells molly that he would die than embrace
and knowledge their marriage.

-Although Molly is aware that opium is for the most part responsible for the state of her life, she blames
Godfrey. His neglect and resentment had festered in molly’s heart and turned into hatred. Molly hated
how he lived in comfort and privilege and wanted to take revenge on him.

-she knew that there would be a new year dance at the red house and wanted to humiliate him Infront
of all Raveloe elite by going there in her rags and her improvised, wasted appearance and revealing that
she-a dirty woman of ill repute- is the daughter-in law of squire Cass, the wealthiest man in town. She
believes that he must knowledge her and take better care of her.

-however, since she had been walking since the morning to reach the estate, she decides to indulge in
some opium and because of the cold she decides to drink some alcohol to warm her up. She then
becomes drowsy and lays down on the ground to rest. She probably died because of the drugs in her
system or because of the cold

-her death sparked a new change in Silas life, since it allowed Eppie to be delivered to him but it also
allowed Godfrey to be “free”.

-what 3 secrets were told by Godfrey?

⁕he secretly married to Molly Farren and has a daughter with her. He is the biological father of Eppie.

⁕he give his brother Dunstan some rent money from one of his father's tenants.

-Give examples. Of Silas’s betrayals...

⁕stealing from the church (Accused)

⁕betrayed by his friend

⁕betrayed by Dunstan (he took his gold and money)

-what good is done by Silas to give him this Kind of hope back? How did he restore hope?

⁕Eppie, He raised her with kindness. By paying attention to her kept her in his cottage. He take care of
her.

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the major elements that dealed with?

-in regard to themes, George Eliot mentions two extreme classes. the lower-class which Silas belongs to
and the higher class which Dunstan and his brother belong to.

-happiness is not subject to the higher class, rather it is found in the lower-class weaver whom has
suffered through a lot and well deserved his happy ending.

-Silas believes in humanity and love religion.

-She did not believe in traditional religion.

-Silas seen the life in her village (Raveloe) not in industrial places.

-with money you cannot buy happiness and peace.

-differences in classes doesn’t make people different, people can identify by their good works.

-A briefing of five short sentences dealing with themes and writing style of George Eliot.

⁕her writing style depicts sympathy and compassion towards common lot of society.

⁕one of the significant features of her writing is her use of local dialect in the dialogues of the
characters.

⁕she is intelligent and have an open views.

⁕she gives several references to the historical literacy, mythical, scientific, and cultural instances.

⁕Her work is chock-full of cultural, historical, literary, and scientific references, indicating that she is an
intelligent writer.

the most eminent ideas of characteristics and issues of realistic novel Sc Victorian realistic novels.

-it began to reflect on realities of the day (the dangers of factory work, the plight of the lower class, and
the treatment of women and children).

-realistic novels was quite different than what has been seen with earlier literature.

-it makes the literature something. Closer to real-life with facts and general stereotypes of human
nature.

-it was about the common man and happened to be the struggles of the lower class.

-one of the most popular novels of this time is in the Social Realism genre.

-Realistic Victorian Novels s an emphasis on the here and now.

-Realistic Victorian Novels employ simple direct language and write about issues of conduct.