A Comparison of Silas Marner and Godfrey Cass
...ht that with money he could win back his daughter, but that was not the case. Yet at the final moments of this confrontation Eppie’s arrival unleashed a side of Silas not seen for fifteen years. He became a caring human being again. Silas took great steps to insure Eppie’s happiness even going to church again and associating with the other villagers. While the Church part was somewhat bewildering to him, the villagers were much worse. It took him months to understand what they were saying and then months more to be able to hold a conversation with them. Yet through the growth of Eppie, something took over Silas. He made more friends and worked less on his loom. The loom was the symbol of his old life, the time when he could understand nor trust any one. Breaking away from the loom Demonstrated that he was human again and could be a part of society too. Eppie directly changed both Eppie and Silas’ heart in the way they use to think about things. For Godfrey, he realized that his actions towards his current and previous wife were not the best. Firstly, by running away from his first wife he had forced her into an even deeper addiction. He did not mean to do this but he had no idea how to handle the disgrace of being married to an opium addict. When Eppie came under Marner’s charge, Godfrey realized he must make up for previous mistakes. Like most men of wealth he decided that throwing money at the problem would fix it. This still didn’t cover up the fact that Godfrey, someday, would have to confess to the world that he was the father of Eppie. This made his second marriage somewhat strenuous. The money he spent on Eppie’s well-being was money that was meant for starting Godfrey’s second family. This partly explains the absence of children in his household. Once Eppie came of marrying age, Godfrey thought that he could simply take charge of Eppi...