Silas Marner by George Eliot7/5/2023 ![]() He remains poor and isolated but fortunately, he symbolically adopts a golden-haired baby girl who is later married, and ends up staying in his home, a case that overturns his situation. He also owns a good amount of gold, which is stolen later together with the money by Dunsey, and the case ignored. He gets a lot of money as an herbalist but people mistake him for witch doctor. He suffers false accusations of theft and isolation by his religious friends, a situation that forces him to abandon not only his Godly faith but also his people and leaves for Raveloe, a village worse than his former. Silas is a foreigner, rich in skills, in Raveloe village, a case that, coupled with his catalepsy sickness, makes his neighbours suspect him in everything that happens. ![]() It depicts Eliot’s attitude towards religion.Įmploying the elements of literature, Eliot uses characters like Silas Marner, a miser and a weaver, Godfrey Cass, Squire’s son, Eppie, Silas adopted girl, William Dane, Silas’ friend, among others. ![]() ![]() Written by George Eliot, ‘Silas Marner’ is a captivating tale published in 1861 and set in the beginning of the 19 th century. ![]()
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