Godfrey
- Created by: Lina
- Created on: 15-04-14 11:12
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- Godfrey
- Although the novel is titled "Silas Marner", it also tells the story of G
- The events of their lives are interwoven to highlight the comparison
- Ther stories collide at the New Year Party and at the end of the book in particular
- The events of their lives are interwoven to highlight the comparison
- E's natural father
- But neglects his duty to her
- 1) At his parental home, he leaves Eppie with a mother who takes drugs
- 2) When Molly comes to Raveloe to reveal their marriage, he is relieved about her death+ doesn't acknowledge his child
- His behaviour underlines his weakness
- His motivation is his desire to win Nancy
- Ironically, his failure to tell the truth is rewarded by a childless marriage
- His motivation is his desire to win Nancy
- But neglects his duty to her
- A victim of Dunstan, as well as S
- D blackmails G because he has threatened to reveal his marriage to M, which would prevent G from seeing N+ would damage their relaionship with their father
- G knows that M may come+ tell his father about the marriage anyway, but still he doesn't act
- Weakness+ inertia
- Allows D to be dominant+ is G's undoing throughout the story
- Feared N's rejection
- Weakness+ inertia
- G knows that M may come+ tell his father about the marriage anyway, but still he doesn't act
- D blackmails G because he has threatened to reveal his marriage to M, which would prevent G from seeing N+ would damage their relaionship with their father
- Interesting that he is matched with the morally absolute N
- It would have been hard to tell her everything
- Although the novel is titled "Silas Marner", it also tells the story of G
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