... gold have transferred to the present, and "Eppie" was the perfect substitute for gold. He finally gained self-esteem and developed individualism and was well-recognized in his community. In many cases in this book "people" refers to more that an individual. Silas Marner needed more than a person to become stable, therefore he gained the communty's help to identify himself from his inner-soul ... . In the novel, Silas Marner appears to be distinct from society and his major change in life occurred when he lost everything but his monetary collection of guineas. One day his guineas were subs...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... characters. Eliot's conception of realism in literature, is due largely to his styles use of descriptions, places readers in the novel. Eliot evokes the pastoral English countryside "in the days when he spinning-wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses." of the early nineteenth century, emphasizing Raveloe's isolation from other towns, an isolation causes the town's people to embrace belief system that is distant and alien. In "Silas Marner ... ," Eliot is therefore describing a lost world, and part of his purpose in the novel are to evoke what ... he feels has been lost. The main characte...

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• Grade Level: High School