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Silas Marner
George Eliot
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Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Part I, Chapters 1–2
Part I, Chapters 3–4
Part I, Chapters 5–6
Part I, Chapters 7–8
Part I, Chapters 9–10
Part I, Chapters 11–12
Part I, Chapters 13–15
Part II, Chapters 16–18
Part II, Chapters 19–21, Conclusion
Characters
Character List
Silas Marner
Godfrey Cass
Nancy Lammeter
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Part 1, Chapters 1-2
Part 1, Chapters 3-4
Part 1, Chapters 5-6
Part 1, Chapters 7-8
Part 1, Chapters 9-10
Part 1, Chapters 11-12
Part 1, Chapters 13-15
Part 2, Chapters 16-18
Part 2, Chapters 19-21, Conclusion
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
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Themes, Motifs & Symbols Quiz
Further Study
Themes, Motifs & Symbols Quiz
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of 5
Using a neatly resolved plot, what does Eliot want to show the universe to be?
Full of sin
Inexplicable
Morally ordered
Entertaining
2
of 5
In the novel, what two things, presented as human necessities, are closely linked?
Financial comfort, family
Faith, community
Individualism, strength
Charity, veniality
3
of 5
To what animal or thing is Silas compared to as he sits alone near the start of the novel?
A flower
A plant
An ant
A spider
4
of 5
The loom foreshadows the advent of ___.
Modernism
Industrialisation
Feudalism
Class warfare
5
of 5
What in the novel represents the physical center of the household?
The money chest
The washing machine
The hearth
The bookshelf
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