"Silas Marner"

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Silas led a good, hard-working and self denying life following his simple religious faith until he was falsely accused of stealing money belonging to a sick pastor. This caused him to be in a depressive state for many years. This paper examines the incidents and experiences that cause the transformation of Silas from a recluse to a happy human being again by the end of the novel.

shows the emotional transition undergone by Silas who goes from being a "spinning insect" to being a fully human being. Silas became

Subject: "Silas in his solitude had to provide his own breakfast, dinner and supper, to fetch his own water from the well, [?] to reduce his life to the unquestioning activity of a spinning insect" (chapter 2). What incidents and experiences seem to you to be the most important in transforming Silas from an "insect" to a happy, fully human being by the end of this novel"

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"Silas led a good, hard-working and self denying life following his simple religious faith until he was falsely accused of stealing money belonging to a sick pastor. Silas had been framed by the same William Dane he had come to love then despise (as he also stole Marner's fiance: Sarah after Silas' banishment from the religious sect and his departure from Lantern Yard). By this time Silas had lost his faith in Man but still believed that God (whom he had served so faithfully) would not let this injustice go unpunished; however, as the drawing of straws seemingly confirmed Silas' guilt, Marner's faith in the divine was also extinguished."

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