Discuss how the Communities of Lantern Yard and Raveloe influence the Development of Silas Marner's Character.
Discuss how the Communities of Lantern Yard and Raveloe influence the Development of Silas Marner's Character: Silas Marner, "The Weaver of Raveloe" was, in my opinion, greatly influenced by the two communities in which he spent his life. The first, Lantern Yarn was a religious community that is going through a period of industrialisation during the novel, whereas Raveloe, where we remain for the large part of the novel, has not yet felt the industrial revolution and is the countryside of community and society. It is ironic that the two communities were so different yet they both drove Silas to turn inward (though the influence of certain Raveloe citizens eventually made him turn outwards again). In George Eliot's novel, we learn a lot about community and we can see a clear definition of what this means. In Lantern Yard, the community shares its potent Christian beliefs while Raveloe habitants all share a love for social behaviour and share an understanding of a clear class system. While both groups of people (Lantern Yard and Raveloe) are very different, they both show us that a community is the people of an area who share their origins, beliefs and/or interests. In Lantern Yard, Silas was a highly regarded, prominent member of the community. He was well educated and it was in Lantern Yard that he started to turn away from the knowledge of medicinal herbs that his mother
The Bad are Punished, The Good are Rewarded,Is ‘Silas Marner’ a Moral Tale?
The Bad are Punished, The Good are Rewarded, Is 'Silas Marner' a Moral Tale? A moral tale is a recalled story with a deeper, meaningful lesson to be learned hidden in it. The earliest moral tales probably originate from the Bible. One such moral tale in it was about a shepherd who had one hundred sheep. But when a lamb strayed away, the shepherd left his flock of ninety-nine and looked for that one lost sheep. When he found the lamb, he took it back to the flock. And the moral of this tale? Everyone is just as worthy/valuable as everyone else. Many of these moral tales appear in other books as well. One common trait in many moral tales, is that they are quite simple, or at least the moral part normally is. And the moral within the story is easy to spot. It is a lesson on how to treat others/ or how to behave or act. The setting and atmosphere at the beginning of 'Silas Marner' is the simple village, Lantern Yard. You get the impression that Lantern Yard is a very religious village, and has minimal contact with the outside world and new technology. They aren't greedy, nor is food as plentiful as in Raveloe. In the first paragraph, Silas Marner, and weavers in general, are described as near aliens, and the craft they are skilled at, couldn't "be carried on entirely without the help of the Evil One" the evil one being the devil. George Eliot is trying to make the point in
Explore George Eliots interest in human nature as shown by her approach and interests in Silas Marner
English Pre-Pose 1914 - Silas Marner Assignment Explore George Eliot's interest in human nature as shown by her approach and interests in Silas Marner This novel explores the issues of love, the view of community, the role of religion, and the status of the upper class and family. In Silas Marner there are many characters that get what they deserve and it is destiny for them to have what is coming to them. Many of the characters ways are changed due to events that happen and how they reacted to their situations. 'What comes around goes around,' is a main theme portrayed by George Eliot. The people of Raveloe are portrayed by the author George Eliot in the novel. In different situations they react in their own special way, this in the future is affected by their actions. George Eliot was the fake name of Mary Ann Evans. She gave herself a male name because women were regarded as unqualified of writing a serious novel and it would cause the public problems and so Mary Ann Evans gave herself the name of George Eliot in order to be taken seriously. In the future they discovered that she wrote the novels as the mysterious writer. The genre of Silas Marner is that it is a Victorian novel; it is also a rural fiction novel that explains. It is a novel of manners. The novel was written in Victorian times and was based in Victorian times. It gave an effect how life was back then and
How Is The Importance Of Doing Your Duty As A Parent Highlighted In The Novel "Silas Marner"?
"Silas Marner" Essay The novel "Silas Marner" is set between the years 1790 and 1820 and was written during the reign of Queen Victoria. It focuses on the duty of a parent, which was very important at that time. Families were being split up due to the Industrial Revolution. The Victorians valued duty highly and Eliot, the author of the novel, looks at the idea of good parents being rewarded and bad parents being punished. Godfrey Cass is a bad parent thus he loses his only child, a daughter called Hephzibah (or Eppie), to a lower-class citizen, for example. In order to highlight the effects of parenting, Eliot includes contrasting parents in her novel. Silas Marner's parenting skills contrast with the aforementioned, Godfrey Cass. Silas adopted Godfrey's child and he raised her well; he will now have someone to care for him in his old age. Other techniques used are symbolism and pathetic fallacy, which are used to help correct the reader's feelings towards the characters to the way Eliot wants them to be. Pathetic fallacy is where the weather the reflects the mood of characters. For example, towards the end of the novel, two of the characters marry and the weather is sunny because the occasion is happy. Romanticism is a key idea in the novel: all the children are born innocent and pure and they remain that way unless their parents or society change them. Eliot is an
"The main characters in Silas Marner cannot be fully understood without an awareness of the time and place in which the novel is set." Discuss in relation to the three main characters, Silas Marner, Godfrey Cass and Nancy Lammeter.
Silas Marner "The main characters in Silas Marner cannot be fully understood without an awareness of the time and place in which the novel is set." Discuss in relation to the three main characters, Silas Marner, Godfrey Cass and Nancy Lammeter. This essay is aimed at exploring the influences that religion, society and community have on Silas Marner, Godfrey Cass and Nancy Lammeter. George Eliot wrote Silas Marner between 1860 and 1861. The novel is set at the beginning of the 19th century and at that time religion and social classes were far more important than they are today. The novel looks at the different responses each character has to afflictions they are faced with and explores the origins of folk myth in a rural community. One of the main characters of the novel is Silas Marner; he lives in an industrial Northern town, in the close community of Lantern Yard - a narrow group of Congregationalists. The church and community are a very important part of Silas's life, as the religious sect of Lantern Yard has developed its own system of belief. His strong faith means that Silas is greatly influenced by his religious beliefs and the community he belongs too. Silas has a fiancée called Sarah and although further on in the novel he appears to lack feeling, this is evidence that he was able to love and allowed another to share in his life. Although now marriage is not
'How does Eliot use imagery to define his own fears of society?'
'How does Eliot use imagery to define his own fears of society?' In many of Eliot's poems there seem to be two types of society: Polite society, who seem to be very false and never say what they mean, express their feelings or say what they would like. Then there is the other part of society, proletariat, which is common and dirty, but who seem to have no trouble at all saying what they mean, want and taking it. Through Prufrock, Eliot is disgusted with both parts of society, the first because they are so false, and he possibly doesn't feel accepted, and the other because it is sordid and basic in it's desires and he doesn't want to be accepted there. This poem is an excellent example of these two parts of society. Firstly it talks of the dank part of society, which is very base, and mentions "yellow smoke that slides along the streets" and "restless nights in one-night cheap hotels" putting forth images of dirty sex and dank filthy streets. Then it goes on to speak of the other part of society in which Eliot feels equally ill at ease, but in a very different way. Although he acts as if he despises these people, the irony is that he desperately wants to be accepted by them. In 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock', we are first struck with the contradiction in the title; the name J. Alfred Prufrock is both ridiculous and pompous, suggesting someone who is overtly polite and
How does George Eliot portray the changes of the character Silas Marner?
How does George Eliot portray the changes of the character Silas Marner? George Eliot describes Raveloe at the start of the nineteenth century through a changing world. At this time the changes in the industrial revolution were making many poor, working people leave the countryside to work in factories and live in crowded, squalid towns where small religious groups were beginning to form such as the one in Lantern Yard. There were many inequalities of society such as the high living standards of the landowners compared to the poor people in Raveloe. The first change of character is when Marner is made to move from Lantern Yard to Raveloe after being wrongly accused of stealing money from the Deacon. In Lantern yard he was 'highly though of' and was believed to be 'a young man of exemplary life and ardent faith'. When Marner's friend, William Dane, betrays him and frames him for stealing money he is called to the church where he believes God would clear him. However he is found guilty and he was said to 'have despair in his soul that shaken trust in God and man', so now he begins to lose faith and trust in everyone. He is further burdened when his fiancé calls the wedding off and is soon married to Marner's friend William Dane. At this he moves to Raveloe. George Eliot shows the effect of this event by creating a whole new view of Marner. He looses Religion and trust, which
Compare 'Silas Marner' and 'Of Mice and Men' and discuss the theme of Outsiders
Compare 'Silas Marner' and 'Of Mice and Men' and discuss the theme of Outsiders This comparative reading assignment will compare two texts. 'Silas Marner' by George Eliot and 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck. 'Silas Marner' is a 19th century text set in England, taking place over a period of around forty years. 'Of Mice and Men' is a 20th century text set in California, taking place over a period of five days during the 1930's, which was the beginning of the depression. Throughout the essay I will compare the main characters of each book and explore the idea in both books of how easy it was to be an outsider, as well as society's role. I will also examine the reasons and consequences for this. Both books deal with many themes. 'Silas Marner' is a book full of betrayal, loneliness and friendship, mystery and crime. It is also a story of faith being lost and found again. This relates to 'Of Mice and Men' a great deal, as it too, is a book of mystery and crime, loneliness and friendship. However I feel that the main and most often occurring theme throughout both books, is change, and the theory that because something has not happened it will not.' George Eliot was the pen name for Mary Ann Evans a great English novelist. Much of her fiction relates to the middle class rural background of her childhood and youth. George Eliot wrote with sympathy, wisdom and realism about
Silas Marner - By George Elliot - Goodnight Mr. Tom - By Michelle Magorian - How is the child's relationship with his or her carer presented by each of these writers? How are we made interested in these relationships?
By Claire Plumpton 10B Year Ten Independent Essay Books that I am comparing Silas Marner - By George Elliot Goodnight Mr. Tom - By Michelle Magorian How is the child's relationship with his or her carer presented by each of these writers? How are we made interested in these relationships? Silas Marner tells the story of a weaver who lives, and works in a cottage just outside the village of Raveloe. Raveloe is a very different world from the northern town, Lantern Yard, where Silas grew up, and belonged to a strict religious group. Silas suffered from caleptic fits and his friend, William Dane took advantage of this, to frame him for the theft of church money. Silas was then expelled from the church. Silas then moves to Raveloe and starts a new life there becoming a miserly old man of whom everyone is afraid. Goodnight Mr. Tom tells the story of a young boy named Willie who has abused by his mother and evacuated during the second world war. A widowed man named Tom Oakley, of whom many of the villagers are afraid, looks him after. There are quite a lot of significant similarities in both of these stories, one of them being that in both stories the writer tells us that the people in their community are afraid of them, and that they themselves have brought about this view of them by their own actions and attitudes. In Goodnight Mr. Tom, Tom has rarely spoken to anyone
George Eliot is credited for a style of writing that brings characters and settings vibrantly to life. Explain how she does this in 'Silas Marner', focussing on the story of Silas himself.
George Eliot is credited for a style of writing that brings characters and settings vibrantly to life. Explain how she does this in 'Silas Marner', focussing on the story of Silas himself. This novel by George Eliot is based on the character of Silas Marner, a linen weaver who moves to Raveloe, after being forced to leave his home village, Lantern Yard. 'Silas Marner' tells the story of how Silas copes with the challenging events that occur throughout Silas's new life in Raveloe. George Eliot's real name was Mary Ann Evans. A writer was considered a "man's profession", so in order for her book to be published, she posed as a man, to avoid rejection. This story takes place between 1795 and 1825. George Eliot begins her story in the town of Raveloe. She opens with an introduction informing the reader about the village of Raveloe. Here we find out why Silas left his home in Lantern Yard to live in Raveloe. Before Silas Marner had settled into the village of Raveloe, he had lived in Lantern Yard. Lantern Yard is a Christian extremist sect. The people in the village worked closely together and it seemed as though they all had a close neighbourly relationship with each other. This gives the impression of a tight-knit community. Silas left Lantern Yard because he had been falsely accused of stealing. Silas was accused of stealing gold from the dying deacon. It was in fact William