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  • Silas Marner

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    Silas Marner is the story of a weaver, the eponymous Silas, who is falsely accused of theft by fellow members of a small Calvinist congregation. Exiled from the small Northern English town, Silas experiences many difficult years before coming into the guardianship of a young orphan who helps him to right his life and put the events of the past behind him. Silas eventually finds happiness caring for his adopted daughter.

  • Silas Marner as Related to the Author's Life

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    There are many situations in George Eliots life that impacted her novel Silas Marner Her literary piece told a story about a man who lost everything he loved but regained it when a little light of happiness helped realize there is something more to life than money The two comparisons that are very similar in Eliots life is faith in God and her love affair with George Lewes a married man Born on November 22 1819 in Arbury Park in Warwickshire England Mary Anne Evans was the youngest of five chil

  • Characters in Silas Marner

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    In the book Silas Marner there are many positive characters along with negative ones In my opinion Silas Marner was my favorite character in this book because he should how much one persons actions can effect other people and I think he shows how it effects people because at first when his supposedly best friend William Dane commits a crime and then places false evidence blaming Silas for the crime After that he changes completely Second when someone else steals his gold he changes again but th

  • Community In Silas Marner

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    A Community Makes All the Difference in George Eliots Silas Marner Silas Marner by George Eliot was first published in 1861 during a period of sweeping changes in social class and economic standing This period is known as the Industrial Revolution and took place from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture manufacturing mining transportation and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions of the times In George Eliots Silas Marner commun

  • Consequences in Silas Marner

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    How far will an individual go to get what they desire regardless of the consequences Thanks to human beings obsessions selfishness and other factors various dreadful decisions are made throughout life Some of which can cause a complete alteration of ones future In British Literature the majority of characters is guilty of this offense and therefore has to suffer major consequences In the novel Silas Marner by George Eliot a character by the name of Godfrey Cass made a major decision that he eve

  • Belonging in Silas Marner and Great Expectations

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    In all the major themes of Eliots Silas Marner and Dickens Great Expectations the theme of belonging comes through of everyone every character searching for where they belong and yearning to have a place they are needed Mankind has always longed to be connected to other people in a place where they can feel safe and affirmed and loved for whom they are Caterina Procentese

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