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Squire Cass. A village woman who befriends Silas Marner, Dolly is a persistent friend to Marner, and the person to whom he turns for help and advice after he adopts Eppie. Dolly is overflowing with kindness and local wisdom. She frequently admits to how little she knows, and how little any human can known, of divine plans for all people.
Silas Marner is one of George Eliot's many Realist novels. It centers itself around describing and portraying the elements of life in England in the early 1800s in an accurate way. Eliot is considered a master of this genre, and was one of the most important literary figures of the Victorian period largely because of her extensive influence on it.
In Chapter 2, Eliot compares Silas Marner's desire for gold to his need for sustenance using simile, personification, and sensory language. Silas has been hoarding his earnings for so long that just having the pot of gold coins and watching the pile grow is the most satisfying thing he does: He began to think it [the money] was conscious of him ...
Sally Oates Character Analysis. A woman in Raveloe whom Silas Marner helps when he sees that she is suffering from heart disease and dropsy. His mother had suffered from the same diseases, and he offers Sally Oates relief with a foxglove mixture. This act of kindness occurs during Marner’s troubled early years in Raveloe, but it does not ...
Gold, as an object, becomes the recipient of all the human love and affection that he once directed toward his friends and community. Marner not only saves and hides his gold, but he admires it lovingly. He gives it attention and care worthy of a child. The gold symbolizes Marner’s isolation and his exclusion from human love and affection.
Analysis. Nancy and Godfrey walk home in silence and stand together in the parlor. They look at each other in mutual understanding. Nancy admits they’ll have to give up hope of adopting Eppie. Godfrey says that Marner was right about turning away a blessing from one’s door: it falls to another. Godfrey decides he won’t make it known that ...
Molly Farren. The head of the most prominent family in Raveloe, Squire Cass gives himself airs in claiming the title of “Squire” in the small village. His home and management of the estate is extravagant at times, lacking the presence and guidance of his wife who passed away. He enjoys throwing dances and parties for the neighbors.
