Jess Kay
Are there any similarities or differences in the way which Eliot presents Silas' gold and his daughter, Eppie?
Eppie and the gold have great importance to Silas Marner. They both are loved and give Silas a great sense of happiness but the gold unlike Eppie does not return the love. Silas' gold gets stolen by Dunstan Cass and when Silas returns home he does not realise until much later that it has gone. Silas feels greatly devastated and also is traumatised by the event that has taken place, he goes to extreme measures and faces the villagers that he has not come in contact with in all his fifteen years of living in Raveloe. When Silas finds Eppie there is instant love given to her and as she ages over the years she sees Silas as a father and loves him as he does her. The difference is that the gold, was much as loved as Eppie by Silas but was inanimate therefore would never be able to return that same love.
Are there any similarities or differences in the way which Eliot presents Silas' gold and his daughter, Eppie?
Eppie and the gold have great importance to Silas Marner. They both are loved and give Silas a great sense of happiness but the gold unlike Eppie does not return the love. Silas' gold gets stolen by Dunstan Cass and when Silas returns home he does not realise until much later that it has gone. Silas feels greatly devastated and also is traumatised by the event that has taken place, he goes to extreme measures and faces the villagers that he has not come in contact with in all his fifteen years of living in Raveloe. When Silas finds Eppie there is instant love given to her and as she ages over the years she sees Silas as a father and loves him as he does her. The difference is that the gold, was much as loved as Eppie by Silas but was inanimate therefore would never be able to return that same love.