Silas Marner by George Eliot
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What happened to Dunsey during the hunt?

  • He had a riding accident that killed the horse. (correct)
  • He caught a thief.
  • He got lost in the woods.
  • He sold the horse.

    • Why did Godfrey decide to tell his father about the money?

  • Because he wanted to inherit his father's wealth.
  • Because he felt guilty about the stolen money.
  • Because Dunsey didn't return home. (correct)
  • Because he was forced by his father.

    • Who stood out among the villagers who visited Silas after the theft?

  • The Squire
  • Nancy Lammeter
  • Dolly Winthrop (correct)
  • Godfrey Cass

    • What happened to Molly on her way to the Casses' house?

    <p>She took a draft of opium and passed out.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Silas's reaction when he found the little girl at his hearth?

    <p>He was stunned and didn't notice her at first.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who helped Silas raise Eppie?

    <p>Dolly Winthrop</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is Silas Marner viewed as an outsider in Raveloe?

    <p>Because of his special skills and his origin from elsewhere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to Silas in Lantern Yard?

    <p>He is falsely accused of theft and excommunicated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of Godfrey and Nancy's marriage?

    <p>They had one daughter who died at birth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Silas's one attempt at neighborliness?

    <p>He suggests an herbal remedy for a neighbor's illness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was found at the bottom of the stone-pit behind Silas's cottage?

    <p>Dunsey's skeleton and Silas's gold.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Silas name his adopted daughter?

    <p>Eppie</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Silas's primary motivation after being excommunicated?

    <p>To earn as much money as possible and hoard it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the final outcome for Silas and Eppie?

    <p>Silas became a contented father and Eppie a pretty young woman.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between Godfrey and Dunstan Cass?

    <p>They are brothers, with Dunstan being the older one</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the secret that Godfrey keeps from his father?

    <p>He is secretly married to Molly Farren</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Dunstan's motivation for blackmailing Godfrey?

    <p>To get money from Godfrey to pay off his own debts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Godfrey agree to give Dunstan to repay the loan?

    <p>100 pounds of the rent money paid to him by a tenant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Dunstan offer to sell to repay the loan?

    <p>Godfrey's prize horse, Wildfire</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How long does Silas live in Raveloe before the story takes a turn?

    <p>15 years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who does Godfrey confess the truth to about his marriage and fathering of Eppie?

    <p>Nancy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Nancy's reaction to Godfrey's confession?

    <p>Regret</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does Eppie decide to stay with Silas instead of going with Godfrey and Nancy?

    <p>She loves Silas more</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Silas discover when he visits Lantern Yard?

    <p>The town has changed beyond recognition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has replaced Silas's old chapel in Lantern Yard?

    <p>A new factory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has Godfrey done to help Eppie and Silas?

    <p>Expanded and refurbished Silas's cottage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who does Eppie get married to?

    <p>Aaron Winthrop</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does Aaron come to live after marrying Eppie?

    <p>Silas's cottage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Silas's emotional state at the end of the story?

    <p>Content and at peace</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has Silas regained through his life with Eppie?

    <p>His sense of faith</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the father of Nancy and Priscilla?

    <p>Mr. Lammeter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Silas Marner's primary occupation?

    <p>Weaver</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the occupation of Mr. Dowlas?

    <p>Town farrier</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the nature of Godfrey Cass's personality?

    <p>Selfish and weak-willed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the suspect in the theft of Silas's gold due to his gypsylike appearance?

    <p>The peddler</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between Eppie and Silas Marner?

    <p>Adopted father and daughter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who does Silas accuse of stealing his gold?

    <p>Jem Rodney</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the doctor in Raveloe?

    <p>Mr. Kimble</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the character of Dolly Winthrop?

    <p>Kind, patient, and devout</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the landlord of the Rainbow?

    <p>Mr. Snell</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the nature of Squire Cass's personality?

    <p>Lazy, self-satisfied, and short-tempered</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who does Silas help with a concoction he makes out of foxglove?

    <p>Sally Oates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fate of Molly Farren?

    <p>She is destroyed by her addictions to opium and alcohol</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the nature of William Dane's personality?

    <p>Proud and priggish</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is Godfrey's friend and buys Wildfire from Dunsey?

    <p>Bryce</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who are the sisters from a larger nearby town who attend the Squire's New Year's dance?

    <p>Miss Gunns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Nancy Lammeter's personality like?

    <p>Pretty, caring, and stubborn</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is Silas's fiancée in Lantern Yard?

    <p>Sarah</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the occupation of Mr. Macey?

    <p>Parish clerk</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who does Eppie eventually marry?

    <p>Aaron Winthrop</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Silas Marner's Life in Raveloe

    • Silas Marner, a weaver, lives in Raveloe, an English countryside village, in the early 19th century.
    • He is an outsider, suspected by the villagers due to his special skills and because he comes from elsewhere.
    • Silas suffers from cataleptic fits, which makes the villagers see him as especially odd.
    • He was falsely accused of theft and excommunicated from his religious sect in Lantern Yard, leading him to move to Raveloe.

    Silas's Isolation and Hoarding

    • Silas becomes infatuated with the money he earns and hoards it, living off as little as possible.
    • He counts his gold every night, which he keeps hidden beneath his floorboards.
    • Silas lives in this way for 15 years, with little else to live for.

    The Cass Family

    • Squire Cass is the wealthiest man in Raveloe, with two sons, Godfrey and Dunstan (Dunsey).
    • Dunsey is greedy and cruel, while Godfrey is good-natured but weak-willed.
    • Dunsey blackmails Godfrey over his secret marriage to Molly Farren, an opium addict.

    The Theft and its Aftermath

    • Dunsey steals Silas's hoarded money, leaving him devastated.
    • The theft becomes the talk of the village, with some suspecting a peddler who came through the village earlier.
    • Godfrey tells his father about the stolen money but not about his marriage.

    The Arrival of Eppie

    • Molly, with her toddler daughter, arrives at the Casses' house to reveal her secret marriage but passes out by the road due to opium.
    • The little girl, drawn by the light of Silas's fire, enters his cottage and falls asleep at his hearth.
    • Silas finds the girl and later discovers Molly's body in the snow.
    • Silas adopts the girl, naming her Eppie after his mother and sister.

    Silas's Redemption

    • Eppie serves as a bridge between Silas and the villagers, who come to think of him as an exemplary person.
    • With Dolly Winthrop's help, Silas raises Eppie lovingly, and she brings him out of his benumbed state.
    • Eppie's presence helps Silas to explore his repressed memories and find happiness.

    The Years That Follow

    • The novel jumps ahead 16 years, with Godfrey married to Nancy and Squire Cass deceased.
    • Godfrey has inherited his father's house but has no children.
    • Eppie grows into a pretty and spirited young woman, and Silas becomes a contented father.

    The Discovery and Confession

    • Dunsey's skeleton is found at the bottom of the drained stone-pit, along with Silas's gold.
    • Godfrey confesses to Nancy about his marriage to Molly and fathering of Eppie.
    • Godfrey and Nancy decide to visit Silas's cottage to claim Eppie as their daughter, but Eppie chooses to stay with Silas.

    Characters in Silas Marner

    • Silas Marner: a simple, honest, and kindhearted weaver who lives as a solitary miser for 15 years after losing faith in God and his fellow man.
    • Godfrey Cass: the eldest son of Squire Cass, good-natured but selfish and weak-willed, who knows what is right but is unwilling to pay the price for obeying his conscience.
    • Eppie: a girl adopted by Silas Marner, biological child of Godfrey Cass and Molly Farren, who is pretty and spirited, and loves Silas unquestioningly.
    • Nancy Lammeter: the object of Godfrey’s affection and his eventual wife, who is pretty, caring, and stubborn, and lives her life by a code of rules that sometimes seems arbitrary and uncompromising.
    • Dunstan Cass: Godfrey’s younger brother, who is cruel, lazy, and unscrupulous, and loves gambling and drinking.
    • Squire Cass: the wealthiest man in Raveloe, who is lazy, self-satisfied, and short-tempered.
    • Dolly Winthrop: the wheelwright’s wife who helps Silas with Eppie, and later becomes Eppie’s godmother and mother-in-law, who is kind, patient, and devout.
    • Molly Farren: Godfrey’s secret wife and Eppie’s mother, who was once pretty but has been destroyed by her addictions to opium and alcohol.
    • William Dane: Silas’s proud and priggish best friend from his childhood in Lantern Yard, who frames Silas for theft to bring disgrace upon him, and then marries Silas’s fiancée, Sarah.
    • Mr. Macey: Raveloe’s parish clerk, who is opinionated and smug but means well.
    • Aaron Winthrop: Dolly’s son and Eppie’s eventual husband.
    • Priscilla Lammeter: Nancy’s homely and plainspoken sister, who talks endlessly but is extremely competent at everything she does.
    • Sarah: Silas’s fiancée in Lantern Yard, who is put off by Silas’s strange fit and ends up marrying William Dane after Silas is disgraced.
    • Mr. Lammeter: Nancy’s and Priscilla’s father, who is a proud and morally uncompromising man.
    • Jem Rodney: a somewhat disreputable character and a poacher, who sees Silas in the midst of one of Silas’s fits, and is later accused of stealing his gold.
    • Mr. Kimble: Godfrey’s uncle and Raveloe’s doctor, who is usually an animated conversationalist and joker, but becomes irritable when he plays cards, and has no medical degree.
    • Mr. Dowlas: the town farrier, who shoes horses and tends to general livestock diseases, and is a fiercely contrarian person, much taken with his own opinions.
    • Mr. Snell: the landlord of the Rainbow, a local tavern, who is a conciliatory person and always tries to settle arguments.
    • The peddler: an anonymous peddler who comes through Raveloe some time before the theft of Silas’s gold, and is a suspect in the theft because of his gypsylike appearance—and for lack of a better candidate.
    • Bryce: a friend of both Godfrey and Dunsey, who arranges to buy Wildfire, Dunsey’s horse.
    • Miss Gunns: sisters from a larger nearby town who come to the Squire’s New Year’s dance, who are disdainful of Raveloe’s rustic ways, but are impressed by Nancy Lammeter’s beauty.
    • Sally Oates: Silas’s neighbor and the wheelwright’s wife, who is eased by Silas with a concoction he makes out of foxglove to alleviate her heart disease and dropsy.

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