Silas Marner

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Silas Marner is a novel about a character, which is portrayed in an ascending positivism throughout the whole book and scenery. One of the main aspects of Silas’ life is his life as a communal member of the village of Raveloe. Much of the dramatic force in the novel is focused on his social life as a whole. The old saying “People need people” is expounded on in this novel on the positive basis, although much of the relationships in the book are reluctant and unsuccessful.
An unsuccessful relationship between Dunstan and Godfrey is one of the greatest aspects of this book which sets the narrative in motion. At the beginning of the plot, both brothers argue over borrowed money for a long time not coming to a conclusion. Their personalities show, as though they’ve set each other up, so when it comes to their misunderstanding, they would be able to bribe each other with knowledge, pretending if one doesn’t do according to the other’s will, they will both go down as one.
Dunstan’s threats towards Godfrey of telling about his secret marriage have made Godfrey realize that it’s worth it to sell his horse and render his brother the monetary loan. But Dunstan’s shortcoming of accidentally killing the horse has affected their relationship indirectly, thus making him rob Silas and never come back to his homeland because of his unscrupulous character.
In the end of the book, Godfrey Cass, already married to Nancy, found out about his brother’s death, which occurred fifteen years ago. He never mourned over him, but rather he is desperately pressured about his conscience and after a long scrutiny on all of the consequences that might follow, he decided to confess to his wife about the previous marriage and about his child “Eppie”.
This conclusion coincides with the statement “People need people”, since Godfrey truthfully mourned over his brother, but it was an unusual mourn. Moreover, it was a psychological mour...