Silas Marner Thematic Presentation by Caroline Hughes

Caroline/ Quote #1

caro_hughes204 — 2013-05-17 17:21:54 UTC

"When the church drawing lots declared Silas Marner guilty, Silas told the church that William had set him up and declared that "there is no God that governs the earth righteously, but a God of lies, that bears witness against the innocent"(Elliot 20)

Caroline/ Quote #2

caro_hughes204 — 2013-05-17 17:23:38 UTC

"thought and feeling were so confused within him, that if he had tried to give them utterance, he could have only said that the child was come instead of the gold - that the gold had turned into the child" (Elliot 150)

Caroline/ Quote #3

caro_hughes204 — 2013-05-17 17:26:24 UTC

"there's good in this world - I've a feeling o' that now; and it makes a man feel as there's a good more nor he can see, in spite o' the trouble and the wickedness. That drawing o' the lots is dark; but the child was sent to me" (Elliot 175)

Caroline/ Quote #4

caro_hughes204 — 2013-05-17 17:29:57 UTC

"God gave her to me because you turned your back on her, and He looks upon her as mine; youv'e no right to her! When a man turns a blessing from his door, it falls to them as take it in" (Elliot 203)

Caroline/ Quote #5

caro_hughes204 — 2013-05-17 17:33:25 UTC

"It wouldn't be right to want to force her to come to us against her will. We can't alter her bringing up and what's come of it"( Elliot 209)