... , /Which mannerly devotion shows in this; /For saints have hands that pilgrims" hands do touch, /And palm to palm is holy palmers" kiss." Juliet can be seen as being quite modest throughout this passage, and may not be quite as enthralled with Romeo as he is with her. However, she is still more than able to echo his most flowery, flirtatious ... advice, more as a friend than as a guardian. She describes Paris to Juliet as "a man of wax", trying to persuade, but by no means enforce, Juliet to at least ponder this proposal. The Nurse takes the general approach that love is a regular part o...

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... is punished by Nancy being unable to have children, and denied the love that Eppie takes everywhere with her. The final act of retribution Godfrey faces is Eppie rejecting his proposal for her to live with him and his wife. She chooses loyalty and love rather than money and worldly advantage. Eliot clearly sees the child as the best gift any ... man could give. Godfrey feels his house is not a home without children and he looks at Silas" modest home with jealousy. He chose to abandon Eppie and now faces a life without children. From looking at the depiction of all the children, but most...

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