silas marner...novel
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Silas Marner
Author: George EliotPublisher: William Blackwood &sonsDate: 1861Language: English
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Theme of the Story: This novel is then the story of a miser whose love of gold
had been transformed into a warm and deep sentiment of affection for a little orphan girl named Eppi. As for the girl’s real father Godfrey Cass, he met his Nemesis in the Rejection of his claim by his own daughter…
Setting of the story:This novel is set in the early years of the 19th century. Silas Marner is a member of small area congregation in Lantern Yard a slum in an unnamed in North England
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Characters of the Story:1. Silas Marner– a weaver, miser protagonist2. Godfrey Cass– son of local squire3. Dunstan Cass– Godfrey’s greedy brother with a penchant for alcohol and manipulation.4. Molly Farren– Godfrey’s first wife who has a child. She dies leaving the child.5. Eppie: child of Molly and Godfrey who is cared for by Marner6. Nancy—Godfrey Cass’s second wife7.William Dane– Silas Marner best friend
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Silas Marner was a man who lived in Lantern Yard, and was well known as a respectable and religious man. However his appearance and new talents seemed unordinary and suspicious. His best friend William Dane cheated him, his beloved Sarah refused him and married William. Soon afterwards Marner left the town. Silas Marner settles near the village of Raveloe.
Silas Marner
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He is the eldest son of Squire Cass. He is handsome and good natured. Godfrey was the husband of Molly Farren & Nancy Lammeter. Eppie is the Daughter of Godfrey and Molly,
Godfrey Cass
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Godfrey’s greedy brother with a penchant for alcohol and manipulation. He knows his brother secret (Godfrey married Molly, had a child) and use it. Dunstan was very bad person in the novel. He stole all Marner’s money ..
Dunstan Cass
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Another interesting character in the novel is Molly. She is Secretly Married to Godfrey, but is also low birth and addicted to opium. On a winter’s night, Molly tries to make way into town with the child to prove that she is Godfrey’s wife and run him. On the away she takes opium, becomes disoriented and sits down to rest amid the snow, child in arm. Her child wanders from her mother’s still body into Silas’s house. Upon discovering the child, Silas searches for its mother & finds molly- a women unfamiliar to him –dead..
Molly Farren
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Eppie is the daughter of Godfrey and Molly but she is cared for by Marner.
If Silas Marner is the protagonist of the novel, Eppie may be described as it heroine. As a two year old girl, she had a sheer chance, entered Silas cottage and had then been kept by the weaver with himself. He had found in this golden- haired girl.
Eppie
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She is the younger daughter of Mr. Lammeter who was a farm –and-dairy owner and who was a proud man. Nancy was a proud girl too, and she was very careful about maintaining her dignity as a prosperous farmer’s daughter and also because of her beauty.
She was the second wife of Godfrey Cass.
Nancy Lammeter
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He is the best friend of Marner when they live in Lantern Yard.
He proved to be a false friend. William fallen in love with Sarah who
wanted to marry marner. This man managed to bring a charge of
theft against Marner, and charge was proved by the drawing of lots.
Then Sarah refused to marry Silas and married William Dane
William Dane
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We cannot base our happiness on only material things but also with the relationship with other people. So that we will know true happiness.
Moral lesson in Silas Marner
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