George Eliot

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This paper first explains that George Eliot is the pen name used by Mary Anne Evans. The paper then compares the characters in Evans' works to Evans' life. It offers examples from the texts to qualify points made.

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"Finally, both Eliot and Silas Marner are seen as peculiar. Silas has epilepsy, a condition that takes his consciousness from time to time. In the 19th century this alone could be grounds for suspicion. Silas Marner is described as "alien-looking," and, due to his unknown background and sudden appearance in Raveloe, somewhat mysterious. His cleverness at the loom and his limited knowledge of medicinal herbs made him a questionable character in the eyes of Raveloe's citizens, who were quick to attribute anything unusual to the Devil. Weavers who came from other places to Raveloe usually "contracted the eccentric habits which belong to a state of loneliness (Eliot 4). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Eliot, George The Mill on the Floss New American Library, Publisher, New York: 1965.
• Eliot, George Silas Marner The Weaver of Raveloe, Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1906 and 1993.
• Sparknotes Silas Marner, Nancy Lameter, In-depth Analysis. George Eliot, Study Guide. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/silas/bibliography.html
• Taylor, Ina The Life of George Eliot: A Woman of Contradictions William Morrow & Company, New York: 1989.

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